What are you doing that for? It's the Malay tiger trap. It works on tigers. It should work on people. We used this in "The Elephant Boy Strikes Back.". They cover it with straw in the jungle. When he comes in, he steps on this. The barrel goes off. His foot gets caught in the rope, he goes right up, and then he's trapped. [music playing]

Description: A clumsy daydreamer gets caught up in a sinister conspiracy.

Cast:
Walter Mitty: Danny Kaye
Rosalind van Hoorn: Virginia Mayo
Dr. Hugo Hollingshead: Boris Karloff
Mrs. Eunice Mitty: Fay Bainter
Gertrude Griswold: Ann Rutherford
Bruce Pierce: Thurston Hall
Tubby Wadsworth: Gordon Jones
Mrs. Irma Griswold: Florence Bates
Peter van Hoorn: Konstantin Shayne
Colonel: Reginald Denny
Hendrick: Henry Corden
Mrs. Leticia Follinsbee: Doris Lloyd
Anatole: Fritz Feld
Karl Maasdam: Frank Reicher
Butler Tyler: Milton Parsons
Dancing Ensemble: The Goldwyn Girls
Wells Fargo Cowboy: George Lloyd
Flower Truck Driver: Ernie Adams
Man Drinking: Robert Altman
Art Editor: Sam Ash
Train Passenger: Tom Quinn
Model with Wolf Man: Mary Anne Baird
Customer: Herschel Graham
Pedestrian: Brandon Beach
Dowager: Audrey Betz
Director: Broderick O'Farrell
Huckster: Nolan Leary
Waiter: Chris-Pin Martin
Western Character: Hank Worden
Floor Manager: Betty Blythe
Poker Spectator: Count Stefenelli
Goldwyn Girl: Lynn Walker
Pet Foot Saleswoman: Lucille Casey
P.O. Cowboy: Eddy Chandler
Mate: George Chandler
Billboard Cowboy on Horse: Lane Chandler
Baggage Man: Jack Cheatham
Store Official: Margaret Wells
Nurse: Barbara Combs
Porter: Kernan Cripps
Blacksmith: Wade Crosby
Stenographer: Dona Dax
R.A.F. Pilot: Leslie Vincent
Bartender: Vernon Dent
Minister: Neal Dodd
Composing Room Foreman: Phil Dunham
Policeman: Ralph Dunn
Elevator Starter: Al Eben
Fitter: Maude Eburne
Lingerie Saleswoman: Helen Jerome Eddy
Cop: Brick Sullivan
Illustrator: Bess Flowers
Mrs. Pierce: Mary Forbes
Department Head: John Tyrrell
Mr. Grimsby: Joel Friedkin
Photographer: Jack Gargan
Young Saman: Don Garner
Bar Patron: Rudy Germane
Mother Machree: Mary Gordon
Wrong Mrs. Follinsbee: Dorothy Granger
Conductor: Frank LaRue
Taxi Cab Attendant: Robert Haines
Dr. Remington: John Hamilton
Dr. Pritchard-Mitford: Lumsden Hare
Sidewalk Extra: Sam Harris
Office Boy: Harry Harvey Jr.
Business Manager: Warren Jackson
Dr. Benbow: Henry Kolker
Helmsman: Ethan Laidlaw
Commentator: Ruth Lee
Waiter in Chinese Restaurant: Weaver Levy
Office Worker: Max Linder
Fashion Show Spectator: Leota Lorraine
Wolf Man: George Magrill
Taxcab Driver: Frank Marlowe
Doorman: Sam McDaniel
Dublin Policeman: Tom McGuire
Miss Blair - Lingerie Dept. Manager: Christine McIntyre
Elderly Chinese: Moy Ming
Porter at Ship Dock: Ralph Montgomery
Head Saleswoman: Frances Morris
Taxi Cab Traffic Manager: William Newell
Truck Driver: Paul Newlan
Elevator Passenger: William H. O'Brien
Charwoman: Patsy O'Byrne
Taxi Driver: Jack Overman
Organist: Netta Packer
Narrator for Dream Sequence: Vincent Pelletier
German Pilot: Otto Reichow
Customs Official: Dick Rush
Soldier: Cosmo Sardo
Taxicab Driver: Cy Schindell
Dr. Renshaw: Charles Trowbridge
Woman with Hat: Minerva Urecal
Old Mariner: Eddy Waller
Reverend: Pierre Watkin
Police Desk Sergeant: Charles C. Wilson
Headwaiter in Chinese Restaurant: Beal Wong
Wrong Mr. Follinsbee: Harry Woods

Written by: Ken Englund, Everett Freeman, James Thurber

Director: Norman Z. McLeod

Production: RKO Radio Pictures Inc., Samuel Goldwyn Films

Release date: 01 Sep 1947