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1941 • 2h 3min • Approved • Comedy, Drama, Romance

Meet John Doe

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

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.

IMDb 7.6

RT 92%

MC 63

Director

Frank Capra

Writers

Robert Presnell Sr.

Robert Riskin

Richard Connell

Composer

Dimitri Tiomkin

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Gary Cooper

Long John Willoughby

Barbara Stanwyck

Ann Mitchell

Edward Arnold

D.B. Norton

Walter Brennan

The Colonel

Spring Byington

Mme Mitchell

James Gleason

Henry Connell

Gene Lockhart

Mayor Lovett

Rod La Rocque

Ted Sheldon

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Barbara Stanwyck Ann Mitchell

Edward Arnold D.B. Norton

Walter Brennan The Colonel

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James Gleason Henry Connell

Gene Lockhart Mayor Lovett

Rod La Rocque Ted Sheldon

Irving Bacon Beany

Regis Toomey Bert Hansen

J. Farrell MacDonald 'Sourpuss'

Warren Hymer Angelface

Harry Holman Mayor Hawkins

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