The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

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comedy film film

"The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" is a 1947 comedy film, loosely based on James Thurber's short story, about a mild-mannered man who escapes his humdrum life through vivid heroic daydreams.

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instanceOf comedy film ⓘ
film ⓘ
authorOfOriginalWork James Thurber NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedOn "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
cinematographyBy Lee Garmes NERFINISHED ⓘ
colorProcess Technicolor ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Norman Z. McLeod NERFINISHED ⓘ
distributedBy RKO Radio Pictures in the United States ⓘ
distributedInFormat theatrical film ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Monica Collingwood NERFINISHED ⓘ
format live-action feature film ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
fantasy ⓘ
hasRemake The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (2013 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ
leadActorPlays Danny Kaye as Walter Mitty ⓘ
looselyAdaptedFrom "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (short story) NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainCharacter Walter Mitty NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicBy Roy Webb NERFINISHED ⓘ
narrativeFocus a mild-mannered proofreader with vivid heroic fantasies ⓘ
notableFor Danny Kaye's fantasy sequences ⓘ
notableSongPerformer Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
portrays daydreaming ⓘ
escapism ⓘ
producer Samuel Goldwyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
productionCompany Samuel Goldwyn Productions NERFINISHED ⓘ
releaseDate August 13, 1947 ⓘ
releaseYear 1947 ⓘ
runtime 110 minutes ⓘ
screenplayLooselyFollows James Thurber's original story premise ⓘ
screenwriter Everett Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ken Englund NERFINISHED ⓘ
setIn New York City ⓘ
setInPeriod 1940s ⓘ
starring Ann Rutherford NERFINISHED ⓘ
Boris Karloff NERFINISHED ⓘ
Danny Kaye NERFINISHED ⓘ
Fay Bainter NERFINISHED ⓘ
Florence Bates NERFINISHED ⓘ
Konstantin Shayne NERFINISHED ⓘ
Reginald Denny NERFINISHED ⓘ
Thurston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ
Virginia Mayo NERFINISHED ⓘ

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