The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!

Walter Mitty, a daydreaming writer with an overprotective mother, likes to imagine that he is a hero who experiences fantastic adventures. His dream becomes reality when he accidentally meets a mysterious woman who hands him a little black book. According to her, it contains the locations of the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II. Soon, Mitty finds himself in the middle of a confusing conspiracy, where he has difficulty differentiating between fact and fiction.

Comedy Fantasy Romance

Danny Kaye

Virginia Mayo

(Rosalind van Hoorn)

Boris Karloff

(Dr Hugo Hollingshead)

Fay Bainter

Ann Rutherford

(Gertrude Griswold)

Thurston Hall

Gordon Jones

(Tubby Wadsworth)

Florence Bates

(Irmagarde Griswold)

Konstantin Shayne

(Peter van Hoorn)

Reginald Denny

(Air Commodore)

Henry Corden

Doris Lloyd

(Letitia Follinsbee)

Fritz Feld

Frank Reicher

(Karel Maasdam)

Milton Parsons

Eddie Acuff

(Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited))

Robert Altman

(Man Drinking (uncredited))

Billy Bletcher

(Western Character (uncredited))

Betty Blythe

(Floor Manager (uncredited))

Jack Gargan

(Photographer (uncredited))

Karen X. Gaylord

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Mary Gleason

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Peter Gowland

(R.A.F. Pilot (uncredited))

Georgia Lange

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Chris-Pin Martin

(Waiter (uncredited))

Frank McLure

(Director (uncredited))

Frank Meredith

(Cop (uncredited))

Martha Montgomery

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Brick Sullivan

(Cop (uncredited))

Charles Trowbridge

(Dr. Renshaw (uncredited))

Irene Vernon

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Lynn Walker

(Goldwyn Girl (uncredited))

Charles C. Wilson

(Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited))

Hank Worden

(Western Character (uncredited))

Helen Jerome Eddy

(Lingerie Saleswoman (uncredited))

Bess Flowers

(Illustrator (uncredited))

Dorothy Granger

(Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee (uncredited))

Sue Casey

Dona Dax

(Stenographer (uncredited))

Dick Earle

(Director (uncredited))

Tom Ferrandini

(Train Passenger (uncredited))

Raoul Freeman

(Department Head (uncredited))

Rudy Germane

(Bar Patron (uncredited))