Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!
- Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Release Date: 1941-03-14
- Runtime: 122.0 min
- Budget: Not Available
- Revenue: $2.0 million
- Production Companies: Frank Capra Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast & Crew
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, M.J. Frankovich, Knox Manning, John B. Hughes, Harry Davenport, Ann Doran, Franklyn Farnum, Pat Flaherty, Bess Flowers, Hank Mann, James Millican, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Moran, Bert Stevens
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Meet John Doe”
Meet John Doe is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck.
The film follows the story of Ann Mitchell, a journalist for a struggling newspaper who is facing the prospect of losing her job. In a desperate attempt to save her career, she writes a fake letter to the editor claiming that an anonymous man known as “John Doe” is planning to commit suicide on Christmas Eve as a protest against the state of the world.
The story quickly captures the public’s imagination and Ann is forced to create a real person to play the role of John Doe. She finds a homeless man named Long John Willoughby and offers him a job to play the part.
Long John is initially reluctant to take on the role, but eventually agrees when Ann promises to pay him a large sum of money. He quickly becomes a public figure and starts to speak out against the social injustices of the world.
He soon finds himself at the center of a political movement and is courted by a powerful businessman who wants to use John Doe to further his own agenda. Ann realizes that John Doe is in danger of being exploited and desperately tries to save him from the businessman’s clutches.
The film culminates in a dramatic confrontation between John Doe and the businessman, as John Doe makes a passionate speech to the public about the importance of standing up for what is right. In the
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