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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

Film · 1947 · 110 min · NR · Comedy · Fantasy · Romance

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.

Directed by Norman Z. McLeod

Starring Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo, Boris Karloff, Fay Bainter, Ann Rutherford, Thurston Hall, Gordon Jones, Florence Bates

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In cinemas1 September 1947
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