Meet John Doe (1941) - (Comedy, Drama, Romance) [Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold]
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Not Rated | 2h 2min | Comedy, Drama, Romance | 3 May 1941 (USA)
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. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr, Robert Riskin, Myles Connolly
Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold
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. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton has a secret plan.
Director: Frank Capra
Writers: Richard Connell, Robert Presnell Sr, Robert Riskin, Myles Connolly
Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold