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The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Walter Mitty, an editor in a company publishing trashy novels, has an overprotective mother and an overbearing boss. He finds comfort in daydreams, from captaining a storm-tossed ship to masterminding surgical operations, but his life is suddenly turned upside down when a beautiful blonde seats herself next to him on his daily commute and tells him she is being followed. He is soon on the trail of a little black book. Show less

Contributors

Walter Mitty:
Danny Kaye
Rosalind van Hoorn:
Virginia Mayo
Dr Hollingshead:
Boris Karloff
Mrs. Mitty:
Fay Bainter
Gertrude Griswold:
Ann Rutherford
Bruce Pierce:
Thurston Hall
Tubby Wadsworth:
Gordon Jones
Mrs. Griswold:
Florence Bates
Peter van Hoorn:
Konstantin Shayne
Hendrick:
Henry Corden
Mrs. Follinsbee:
Doris Lloyd
Anatole:
Fritz Feld

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