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title: 'The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Norman Z. McLeod'
released: '1947-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 110
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-secret-life-of-walter-mitty-1947'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0039808/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947)

1947 · 110 min · Drama, Music, Romance, Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty is a 1947 American Technicolor adventure comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod from a screenplay by Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, and Philip Rapp (uncredited), loosely based on the 1939 short story by James Thurber. The film stars Danny Kaye as a young daydreaming proofreader for a magazine publishing firm and Virginia Mayo as the woman of his dreams.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Norman Z. McLeod](https://cinepixo.com/people/norman-z-mcleod)
- **Screenplay:** [Philip Rapp](https://cinepixo.com/people/philip-rapp)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Sylvia Fine](https://cinepixo.com/people/sylvia-fine)
- **Producer:** [Samuel Goldwyn](https://cinepixo.com/people/samuel-goldwyn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lee Garmes](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-garmes)
- **Editor:** [Monica Collingwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/monica-collingwood)

## Cast

- [Harry Woods](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-woods)
- [Doris Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/doris-lloyd)
- [Virginia Mayo](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-mayo)
- [Danny Kaye](https://cinepixo.com/people/danny-kaye)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)
- [Mary Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-forbes)
- [Chrispin Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chrispin-martin)
- [Florence Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/florence-bates)
- [Gordon Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/gordon-jones)
- [Fay Bainter](https://cinepixo.com/people/fay-bainter)
- [Reginald Denny](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-denny)
- [Ann Rutherford](https://cinepixo.com/people/ann-rutherford)
- [Konstantin Shayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/konstantin-shayne)
- [Henry Kolker](https://cinepixo.com/people/henry-kolker)
- [Charles Trowbridge](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-trowbridge)

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