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Meet John Doe. Meet John Doe is a 1941 American comedy-drama film directed and produced by Frank Capra, written by Robert Riskin, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a "grassroots" political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist with the involvement of a hired homeless man and pursued by the paper's ...
- $1.8 million (initial U.S. release)
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Frank Capra
A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Frank Capra classic.
- Frank Capra
- 118
- 3 min
A reporter creates a fictitious column about a man who plans to kill himself, and a hobo is hired to play the role. The film explores themes of journalism, democracy, and social justice in 1940s America.
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- Gary Cooper
- Frank Capra
- Frank Capra Productions
A classic Frank Capra film starring Gary Cooper as a tramp who becomes a national hero thanks to a reporter's lie. Learn more about the plot, cast, crew, photos, videos and film details of this political drama.
- Frank Capra, Arthur S. Black
- Gary Cooper
Find out who starred in and worked on the classic Frank Capra film Meet John Doe, based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell Sr. See the full credits, including actors, writers, directors, and more.
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A fake letter from a fictional "John Doe" who threatens suicide sparks a social movement and a media frenzy. A reporter hires a homeless man to play the role of John Doe and falls in love with him.
Meet John Doe, American comedy drama film, released in 1941, that was director Frank Capra’s exploration of ambition, greed, and the U.S. political system.. After being fired, opportunistic newspaper columnist Anne Mitchell (played by Barbara Stanwyck) pens a fake letter by “John Doe,” who threatens to commit suicide over the injustices experienced by the “common man.”
