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Cast
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Danny Kaye | ... | Walter Mitty | |
| Virginia Mayo | ... | Rosalind van Hoorn | |
| Boris Karloff | ... | Dr. Hugo Hollingshead | |
| Fay Bainter | ... | Mrs. Eunice Mitty | |
| Ann Rutherford | ... | Gertrude Griswold | |
| Thurston Hall | ... | Bruce Pierce | |
| Gordon Jones | ... | Tubby Wadsworth | |
| Florence Bates | ... | Mrs. Irma Griswold | |
| Konstantin Shayne | ... | Peter van Hoorn | |
| Reginald Denny | ... | Colonel | |
| Henry Corden | ... | Hendrick | |
| Doris Lloyd | ... | Mrs. Leticia Follinsbee | |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Anatole | |
| Frank Reicher | ... | Karl Maasdam | |
| Milton Parsons | ... | Butler Tyler | |
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In New York the clumsy Walter Mitty is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce. He lives with his overbearing mother and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold and her mother nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams into a world of fantasy many times along the day. When Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn who uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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backseat driver | day dream | schooner | storm at sea | shopping list |Parents Guide:
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Country:
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1 September 1947 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty See more »Filming Locations:
Samuel Goldwyn Studios - 7200 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, California, USA See more »Edit
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"Symphony for Unstrung Tongue"
by Sylvia Fine
Performed by Danny Kaye (uncredited)
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The song "Beautiful Dreamer" is used in many dream scenes with Walter & Rosalind van Hoorn (Walter's dream girl). The several real life scenes with Walter & Rosalind van Hoorn has her playing it for him on a piano but never the full song. Walter comments to her the first time she plays it "That's my favorite song, Beautiful Dreamer, I like the way you play it". See more »Goofs
After getting off the train where he met Rosalind van Hoorn, Walter runs into her sitting in a yellow and red Skyview cab. He gets in with her. When he gets out the cab, it has changed to a pink and tan A&R Service Co. cab. See more »Soundtracks
The Words and Music for"Symphony for Unstrung Tongue"
by Sylvia Fine
Performed by Danny Kaye (uncredited)
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In New York, the clumsy Walter Mitty (Danny Kaye) is the publisher of pulp fiction at the Pierce Publishing house owned by Bruce Pierce (Thurston Hall). He lives with his overprotective and abusive mother (Fay Bainter) and neither his fiancée Gertrude Griswold (Ann Rutherford) and her mother (Florence Bates) nor his best friend Tubby Wadsworth (Gordon Jones) respects him. Walter is an escapist and daydreams into a world of fantasy many times along the day. When Walter is commuting, he stumbles in the train with the gorgeous Rosalind van Hoorn (Virginia Mayo) that uses Walter to escape from her pursuer. Walter unintentionally gets involved with a dangerous ring of spies that are seeking a black book with notes about a hidden treasure.
"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1947) is a hilarious comedy about a clumsy daydreamer that gets into a dangerous ring of spies. Last Saturday I watched the annoying "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (2013) with Ben Stiller and I decided to seek the original 1947 movie that is better and better, with many gags. Danny Kaye is very funny performing the clumsy and coward Walter Mitty. Forget the 2013 remake and prefer to see the original 1947 comedy. My vote is seven.
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