Film

Meet John Doe

1941 · 2h 3m · Drama · Comedy · Romance

All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!

IMDb

7.6

Rotten Tomatoes

92%

Metacritic

63

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.

Gary Cooper

Long John Willoughby

Barbara Stanwyck

Ann Mitchell

Edward Arnold

D.B. Norton

Walter Brennan

The Colonel

Spring Byington

Mme Mitchell

James Gleason

Henry Connell

Gene Lockhart

Mayor Lovett

Rod La Rocque

Ted Sheldon

Irving Bacon

Beany

Regis Toomey

Bert Hansen

J. Farrell MacDonald

'Sourpuss'

Warren Hymer

Angelface

Harry Holman

Mayor Hawkins

Andrew Tombes

Spencer

Pierre Watkin

Hammett

Stanley Andrews

Weston

• Frank CapraDirector · Producer
• Robert RiskinScreenplay · Producer
• Robert Presnell Sr.Story
• Richard ConnellStory
• George BarnesDirector of Photography
• Dimitri TiomkinOriginal Music Composer
• Daniel MandellEditor

Meet John Doe Trailer

Release date

March 14, 1941

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

2h 3m

Rated

NR

Revenue

$2,000,000

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Romance

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