The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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

Sep 1 1947 Approved 1h 50m
Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

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.

Plot

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

Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, James Thurber

Directed by

Norman Z. McLeod

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Languages

Français, Deutsch, English

Awards

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Average Rating
6.9 out of 10
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