Meet John Doe
All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!
7.3(283) 1941-03-14 123 minDramaComedyRomance
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.
DirectorFrank Capra
ScreenplayRobert Riskin
Original Music ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
ProducerFrank Capra
ProducerRobert Riskin
Cast & characters
Gary Cooper
as Long John Willoughby
Barbara Stanwyck
as Ann Mitchell
Edward Arnold
as D.B. Norton
Walter Brennan
as The Colonel
Spring Byington
as Mme Mitchell
James Gleason
as Henry Connell
Gene Lockhart
as Mayor Lovett
Rod La Rocque
as Ted Sheldon
Irving Bacon
as Beany
Regis Toomey
as Bert Hansen
J. Farrell MacDonald
as 'Sourpuss'
Warren Hymer
as Angelface
Harry Holman
as Mayor Hawkins
Andrew Tombes
as Spencer
Pierre Watkin
as Hammett
Stanley Andrews
as Weston
Mitchell Lewis
as Bennett
Charles Cahill Wilson
as Charlie Dawson
Vaughan Glaser
as Governor
Sterling Holloway
as Dan
No photo
M.J. Frankovich
as Radio Announcer
Knox Manning
as Radio Announcer
No photo
John B. Hughes
as Radio Announcer
Harry Davenport
as Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)
