The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
1947 · 110 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 7,192 VOTES · DIR. Norman Z. McLeod
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,394 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:29 Not so fast! You're driving too fast!
00:06:50 Well, good morning, everybody.
00:09:53 There were whispered introductions.
00:13:52 I brought everything else: The number two thread...
00:17:14 Why don't you try that new vitamin puppy biscuit?
00:21:10 All right, sir.
00:25:23 You are not a French horn at all! That:
00:30:25 - Me? How? - I'm on my way to meet the Hollandia.
00:34:46 What?
00:38:22 It'll only take a few minutes. I promise.
00:43:18 I managed to see that all of our great art treasures...
00:48:05 Yes, Miss Blair.
00:53:18 Of course, the medical aspects would be respected.
00:56:22 Sure is.
01:01:38 as they went ta-pocketa, ta-pocketa...
01:05:41 - Is your name Follinsbee? - That's right. What do you want?
01:10:52 Made of jersey, carrying its own capelet...
01:14:35 To snip and pluck, nip and tuck fix and trim, tie on that brim
01:22:29 Tubby keeps on proposing.
01:26:37 Tyler found him at 7:00 this morning.
01:29:35 You've got to get well! You're going to be married Sunday!
01:32:53 I grew hot and cold.
01:38:25 Oh, Slim!
01:47:06 It belongs to the Dutch government.
Cast & Characters
Danny Kaye
Walter Mitty
Virginia Mayo
Rosalind van Hoorn
Boris Karloff
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead
Fay Bainter
Mrs. Eunice Mitty
Ann Rutherford
Gertrude Griswold
Thurston Hall
Bruce Pierce
Gordon Jones
Tubby Wadsworth
Florence Bates
Mrs. Irma Griswold
Konstantin Shayne
Peter van Hoorn
Reginald Denny
Colonel
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,394
Dialogue density12.7 lines / min
First line00:01:29
Final line01:47:06
Production Record
DirectorNorman Z. McLeod
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes7,192