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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 1, 1947

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy, Romance

User Score

67%

Original Title

The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Production Companies

Samuel Goldwyn Productions

Director

Norman Z. McLeod

Description

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.