Meet John Doe
1941 • Comedy | Drama
Frank Capra
Director
Richard Connell
Story
Robert Presnell Sr.
Story
Status
Released
Release date
March 14, 1941
Duration
122 Min
Language
en
Popularity
0.9334
Budget
$0
Revenue
$2,000,000
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.
Cast
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
Knox Manning
Harry Davenport
Ann Doran
Franklyn Farnum
Pat Flaherty
Bess Flowers
Hank Mann
James Millican
Bert Moorhouse
Frank Moran
Bert Stevens
Forbes Murray
Selmer Jackson
John Hamilton
William Forrest
Tina Thayer
Benny Bartlett
Edward Earle
Eddie Kane
Jack Mower
Paul Panzer
Russell Simpson
Charles Trowbridge
Edmund Cobb
George Melford
George Pembroke
Jim Thorpe
