
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
3.0984
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

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