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Meet John Doe
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| Directed by | Frank Capra |
| Produced by | Frank Capra |
| Written by | Robert Riskin |
| Starring | Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck |
| Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
| Cinematography | George Barnes |
| Editing by | Daniel Mandell |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. |
| Release date(s) | May 3, 1941 |
| Running time | 122 min. |
| Language | English |
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Meet John Doe is a 1941 comedy drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film, about a "grassroots" political campaign, created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman, became a box office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for best original story (for Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr.). Though the film is less well known than other Capra classics, it remains highly regarded today.
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Infuriated at being laid off from her job as a newspaper columnist, Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) prints a fake letter from the unemployed "John Doe," threatening suicide in protest of society's ills. When the note causes a sensation, the newspaper is forced to rehire Mitchell. Together, the paper and Ann hire a John Willoughby (Gary Cooper), a former baseball player and tramp to play "John Doe." As the Doe philosophy spreads across the country developing into a political movement, Ann discovers the real motives of her publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold). It was ranked #49 at AFI's 100 Years... 100 Cheers.
A stage version of the film is being produced by Ford's Theatre in Washington, DC, scheduled to run from March 16 to April 29, 2007.
- Gary Cooper as John Doe or Long John Willoughby
- Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell
- Edward Arnold as D. B. Norton
- Walter Brennan as The Colonel
- Spring Byington as Mrs. Mitchell
- James Gleason as Henry Connell
- Gene Lockhart as Mayor Lovett
- Rod La Rocque as Ted Sheldon
- Meet John Doe at the Internet Movie Database
- Meet John Doe at the TCM Movie Database
- The whole film at the Internet Archive
| Films Directed by Frank Capra |
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| The Strong Man • For the Love of Mike • Long Pants • The Power of the Press • Say It with Sables • So This Is Love • Submarine • The Way of the Strong • That Certain Thing • The Matinee Idol • Flight • The Donovan Affair • The Younger Generation • Rain or Shine • Ladies of Leisure • Dirigible • The Miracle Woman • Platinum Blonde • Forbidden • American Madness • The Bitter Tea of General Yen • Lady for a Day • It Happened One Night • Broadway Bill • Mr. Deeds Goes to Town • Lost Horizon • You Can't Take It with You • Mr. Smith Goes to Washington • Meet John Doe • Arsenic and Old Lace • It's a Wonderful Life • State of the Union • Riding High • Here Comes the Groom • A Hole in the Head • Pocketful of Miracles |
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