
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.
Release Date: 1941-03-14
Comedy
Drama
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Casts

Gary Cooper
as Long John Willoughby

Barbara Stanwyck
as Ann Mitchell

Edward Arnold
as D.B. Norton

Walter Brennan
as The Colonel

Spring Byington
as Mme Mitchell

James Gleason
as Henry Connell

Gene Lockhart
as Mayor Lovett

Rod La Rocque
as Ted Sheldon

Irving Bacon
as Beany

Regis Toomey
as Bert Hansen