Movielogr
Meet John Doe (1941)
Directed by Frank Capra
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.
Rated NR | Length 122 minutes
Actors
Gary Cooper | Barbara Stanwyck | Edward Arnold | Walter Brennan | Spring Byington | James Gleason | Gene Lockhart | Rod La Rocque | Irving Bacon | Regis Toomey | J. Farrell MacDonald | Warren Hymer | Harry Holman | Andrew Tombes | Pierre Watkin | Stanley Andrews | Mitchell Lewis | Charles C. Wilson | Vaughan Glaser | Sterling Holloway | M.J. Frankovich | Knox Manning | John B. Hughes | Harry Davenport | Ann Doran | Franklyn Farnum | Pat Flaherty | Bess Flowers | Hank Mann | James Millican | Bert Moorhouse | Frank Moran | Bert Stevens | Jack Wise | Henry Roquemore | Forbes Murray | Selmer Jackson | John Hamilton | William Forrest | Tina Thayer | Benny Bartlett | Edward Earle | Eddie Kane | Richard Kipling | Jack Mower | Paul Panzer | Russell Simpson | Charles Trowbridge