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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

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Release Date: Sep 1, 1947 Wide

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James Thurber wasn't too happy with the Sam Goldwyn film adaptation of his 1939 short story The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, but the Technicolor musical comedy proved to be a cash cow at the box office. Danny Kaye stars as Walter, a milquetoast proofreader for a magazine publishing firm. Walter is constitutionally incapable of standing up for himself, which is why his mother (Fay Bainter) has been able to arrange a frightful marriage between her son and the beautiful but overbearing Gertrude

Unrated, 1 hr. 50 min.

Comedy, Kids & Family

Directed By: Norman Z. McLeod

Written By: Ken Englund, Everett Freeman

In Theaters: Sep 1, 1947 Wide

Cast

Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind Van Hoorn
Boris Karloff
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Mitty
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce
Florence Bates
Mrs. Griswold
Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth
Konstantin Shayne
Peter Van Hoom
Reginald Denny
R.A.F. Colonel
Henry Corden
Hendrick
Doris Lloyd
Mrs. Follinsbee
Fritz Feld
Anatole
Frank Reicher
Maasdam
Milton Parsons
Butler/Tyler
Eddie Acuff
Ernie S. Adams
Sam Ash
Art Editor
Billy Bletcher
Betty Blythe
Mary Brewer
Goidwyn Girl
Betty Cargyle
Sue Casey
George Chandler
Mate
Jack Cheatham
Dorothy Christy
Wade Crosby
Lorraine de Rome
Vernon Dent
Bartender
Harry Depp
Ralph Dunn
Maude Eburne
Fitter
Bess Flowers
Illustrator
Mary Forbes
Joel Friedkin
Grimsby
Jack Gargan
Karen X. Gaylord
Mary Gordon
Dorothy Granger
William Haade
John Hamilton
Dr. Remington
Lumsden Hare
Dr. Pritchard-Mitford
Harry Harvey Jr.
Office Boy
Henry Kolker
Dr. Benbow
Frank LaRue
Conductor
Ethan Laidlaw
George Lloyd
Wilbur Mack
George Magrill
Wolf Man
Chris-Pin Martin
Sam McDaniel
Moy Ming
William Newell
Paul Newlan
Broderick O'Farrell
Dick Rush
Sid Saylor
Charles Trowbridge
Dr. Renshaw
John Tyrrell
Minerva Urecal
Woman with Hat
Irene Vernon
Lynn Walker
Goldwyn Girl
Pierre Watkin
Hank Worden
Western Character
Robert Altman
Man Drinking
Harry Woods
Wrong Mr. and Mrs. Foll...
James Brick Sullivan
Cop
W. Beal Wong
Donna Dax
Stenographer
Dick Earle
Raoul Freeman
Department Head
Mary Ellen Gleason
Martha Montgomery
Patricia Patrick

Critic Reviews for The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Great Danny Kaye fantasy-comedy, making far turns from Thurber story basis.

October 23, 2008 Comment

Steve Crum

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tah-pocket, tah-pocket, tah-pocket, tah-pocket, the sound the brain makes, a quiet whisper really, the subtle shifting of realities, from this dull and tiresome existence, this veil of tears to...tah-pocket, tah-pocket, tah-pocket, tah-pocket... to the world where you've an answer for everything, yes, a solution to

July 21, 2007

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Whimsical, telling fable about ordinary life and memorable star vehicle for Danny Kaye, playing the dual role of milquetoast in real life and he-man in his dreams.

March 13, 2009

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