Meet John Doe1941
All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!
Director
Screenplay
Robert Riskin
Actors
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hymer, Pierre Watkin, Sterling Holloway, Harry Davenport, Ann Doran, Hank Mann, Selmer Jackson, John Hamilton, Benny Bartlett, Russell Simpson
Music
Versions
Theatrical – 123 Minutes
Genres
FSK
16
About the film
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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