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Meet John Doe

(1941)

March 14, 1941 2h 3m
73%
TMDB Score

Overview

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.

Frank Capra

Director

Top Billed Cast

GC

Gary Cooper

Long John Willoughby

BS

Barbara Stanwyck

Ann Mitchell

EA

Edward Arnold

D.B. Norton

WB

Walter Brennan

The Colonel

SB

Spring Byington

Mme Mitchell

JG

James Gleason

Henry Connell

GL

Gene Lockhart

Mayor Lovett

RLR

Rod La Rocque

Ted Sheldon

IB

Irving Bacon

Beany

RT

Regis Toomey

Bert Hansen

Official Trailer

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