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  • The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
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    110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)
Approved
110 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.
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Ken Englund (screen play) | Everett Freeman (screen play) | James Thurber (from a story by)
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Release date
Sep 1, 1947 (United States)

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143 cast members
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Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty Walter Mitty   See fewer
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn Rosalind van Hoorn   See fewer
Boris Karloff
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead Dr. Hugo Hollingshead   See fewer
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Eunice Mitty Mrs. Eunice Mitty   See fewer
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold Gertrude Griswold   See fewer
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce Bruce Pierce   See fewer
Gordon Jones
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Florence Bates
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Konstantin Shayne
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Reginald Denny
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Henry Corden
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Doris Lloyd
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Fritz Feld
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Frank Reicher
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Milton Parsons
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Ernie Adams
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Robert Altman
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Sam Ash
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Walter Bacon
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Mary Anne Baird
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Mary Bayless
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Audrey Betz
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Edward Biby
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Betty Blythe
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William A. Boardway
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Dorothy Christy
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Tom Coleman
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Barbara Combs
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Lorinne Crawford
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Kernan Cripps
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Wade Crosby
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Dona Dax
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Leslie Denison
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Vernon Dent
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Harry Depp
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Neal Dodd
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Phil Dunham
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Ralph Dunn
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Dick Earle
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Al Eben
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Maude Eburne
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Helen Jerome Eddy
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Frank Ellis
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Carl Faulkner
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Tom Ferrandini
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Bess Flowers
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Mary Forbes
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Raoul Freeman
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Joel Friedkin
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Jack Gargan
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Don Garner
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Karen X. Gaylord
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Rudy Germane
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Mary Gleason
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Mary Gordon
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Dorothy Granger
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William Haade
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Robert Haines
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John Hamilton
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Lumsden Hare
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Sam Harris
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Harry Harvey Jr.
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Harold Hensen
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Tommy Hughes
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Warren Jackson
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Jackie Jordan
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Colin Kenny
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Henry Kolker
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Ethan Laidlaw
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Georgia Lange
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Frank LaRue
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Nolan Leary
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Ruth Lee
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Carl M. Leviness
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Weaver Levy
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Max Linder
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George Lloyd
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Wilbur Mack
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George Magrill
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Frank Marlowe
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Anthony Marsh
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Michael Mauree
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Christine McIntyre
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Frank McLure
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Frank Meredith
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John Meredith
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Harold Miller
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Moy Ming
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Martha Montgomery
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Richard Neill
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Paul Newlan
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William H. O'Brien
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Jack Overman
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Netta Packer
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Pat Patrick
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Vincent Pelletier
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Tom Quinn
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Otto Reichow
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