The Secret Life of Walter Mitty

Year: 1947

Runtime: 110 mins

Language: English

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

FantasyRomanceComedyCrude humor and satireSong and dance

An exuberant, colorful comedy follows Walter Mitty, a day‑dreaming writer under his overprotective mother’s care, who imagines himself a heroic adventurer. His fantasies turn tangible when a mysterious woman gives him a tiny black book said to map the Dutch crown jewels hidden since World War II, thrusting him into a tangled conspiracy that blurs fact and fiction.

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