Overview
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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DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
WriterKen Englund, Everett Freeman
Cast
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
Henry Corden
Hendrick
Doris Lloyd
Letitia Follinsbee
Fritz Feld
Anatole
Frank Reicher
Karel Maasdam
Milton Parsons
Tyler
Eddie Acuff
Wells Fargo Cowboy (uncredited)
Robert Altman
Man Drinking (uncredited)
Billy Bletcher
Western Character (uncredited)
Betty Blythe
Floor Manager (uncredited)
Jack Gargan
Photographer (uncredited)
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Keywords
daydreaming
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$1M
TMDb Votes
139
Added May 14, 2026Updated Jun 3, 2026