Meet John Doe

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.

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Cast

• 
  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

Crew

• Director · Frank Capra
• Screenplay · Robert Riskin
• Producer · Robert Riskin
• Producer · Frank Capra