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.
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Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn
Boris Karloff
Dr Hugo Hollingshead
Fay Bainter
Eunice Mitty
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce
Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth
Florence Bates
Irmagarde Griswold
Konstantin Shayne
Peter van Hoorn
Reginald Denny
Air Commodore
Director
Norman Z. McLeod
Screenplay
Ken Englund
Tagline
"A dream world of comedy, color and Goldwyn-Girl loveliness!"
Status
Released
Original Language
EN
Revenue
$956,625
Production
Samuel Goldwyn Productions
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