Meet John Doe

All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!

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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.

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Creators

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Frank Capra

director

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Robert Presnell Sr

writer

Robert Riskin

writer

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Richard Connell

writer

Cast

Gary Cooper actor Barbara Stanwyck actor

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Edward Arnold actor Walter Brennan actor Spring Byington actor

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James Gleason actor Gene Lockhart actor Rod La Rocque actor

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Irving Bacon actor

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Regis Toomey actor

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J. Farrell MacDonald actor Warren Hymer actor

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Harry Holman actor Andrew Tombes actor Pierre Watkin actor Stanley Andrews actor

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Mitchell Lewis actor

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Charles C. Wilson actor

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Vaughan Glaser actor Sterling Holloway actor