The first of director Frank Capra’s independent productions (in partnership with Robert Riskin), Meet John Doe begins with the end of reporter Ann Mitchell’s (Barbara Stanwyck) job. Fired as part of a downsizing move, she ends her last column with an imaginary letter written by “John Doe.” Angered at the ill treatment of America’s little people, the fabricated Doe announces that he’s going to jump off City Hall on Christmas Eve. When the phony letter goes to press, it causes a public sensation. Seeking to secure her job, Mitchell talks her managing editor (James Gleason) into playing up the John Doe letter for all it’s worth; but to ward off accusations from rival papers that the letter was bogus, they decide to hire someone to pose as John Doe: a ballplayer-turned-hobo (Gary Cooper), who’ll do anything for three squares and a place to sleep. “John Doe” and his traveling companion The Colonel (Walter Brennan) are ensconced in a luxury hotel while Mitchell continues churning out chunks of John Doe philosophy. When newspaper publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold), a fascistic type with presidential aspirations, decides to use Doe as his ticket to the White House, he puts Doe on the radio to deliver inspirational speeches to the masses — ghost-written by Mitchell, who, it is implied, has become the publisher’s mistress. The central message of the Doe speeches is “Love Thy Neighbor,” though, conceived in cynicism, the speeches strike so responsive a chord with the public that John Doe clubs pop up all over the country. Believing he is working for the good of America, Cooper agrees to front the National John Doe Movement — until he discovers that Norton plans to exploit Doe in order to create a third political party and impose a virtual dictatorship on the country. The last of Capra’s “social statement” films, Meet John Doe posted a profit, although Capra and Riskin were forced to dissolve their corporation due to excessive taxes., Frank Capra’s classic about a down-on-his-luck baseball player who agrees to impersonate a fictional, idealistic “everyman” created by a newspaperwoman to boost circulation, and then finds himself at the center of a political movement., Fired reporter Ann Mitchell runs a final article purportedly from ‘John Doe’ a homeless man planning to hurl himself off a building. The piece causes a storm, and Ann is forced to produce the mysterious Doe, in the shape of washed-up ballplayer John Willoughby., Gary Cooper, unemployed during the Great Depression, is hired by a newspaper to pull of a publicity stunt protesting against the conditions of the world. After realizing that he is being used, he rebels, proving htat one man can indeed make a difference., An unemployed, down-and-out man is selected to represent the “typical American” because of his honesty. Unfortunately, he finds that he is being used to further the careers of corrupt politicians. Barbra Stamwyck is the newspaper woman who first uses him and with whom he predictably falls in love., Classic comedy drama starring Gary Cooper as a washed-up and injured baseball player who is recruited by a newspaper to play the part of John Doe, a fictitious character who’s threatening to jump from City Hall on Christmas Eve in protest at social injustice. Barbara Stanwyck co-stars as the journalist trying to protect the naïve man from her dangerous publisher .
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Meet John Doe ” ?
A: The main cast includes Gary Cooper,Barbara Stanwyck,Walter Brennan,Edward Arnold,James Gleason,Spring Byington,Gene Lockhart,Rod La Rocque,Irving Bacon,Regis Toomey,Warren Hymer,Aldrich Bowker,Ann Doran,Sterling Holloway,Madge Crane,J. Farrell MacDonald,Pat Flaherty,Carlotta Jelm,Tina Thayer,Bennie Bartlett,Sarah Edwards,Stanley Andrews,Andrew Tombes,Pierre Watkin,Garry Owen,Charles Wilson,Gene Morgan,Cyril Thornton,Edward Earle,M.J. Frankovich,Harry Holman,Bess Flowers,Emma Tansey,Mitchell Lewis,Eddie Fetherstone,Billy Curtis,Johnny Fern,Vernon Dent,Vaughan Glaser,Selmer Jackson,Knox Manning,John B. Hughes,Lucia Carroll,James McNamara,Frank Austin,Edward Keane,Lafe McKee,Edward McWade,Guy Usher,Walter Soderling,John Hamilton,William Forrest,Charles K. French,Edward Hearn,Hank Mann,James Millican,Harry Davenport,Paul Everton,Forrester Harvey,Mary Benoit,Mildred Coles,Eddie Kane,Melvin Lang,Alphonse Martell,Wyndham Standing,Edwin Stanley,Isabelle La Mal,Alfred Hall,George Melford,Henry Roquemore,John Ince,Gail Newbray,Earl Bunn,Edmund Cobb,Jack Cheatham,Lew Davis,Howard Chase,Floyd Criswell,Carl Ekberg,Frank Fanning,Eddie Fetherston,Walter Finden,Jack Gardner,Lotta Williams,William Gould,Kenneth Harlan,Richard Kipling,Frank Meredith,Jack Mower,Cliff Saum,Don Turner,Forbes Murray,Maris Wrixon,Susan Peters,Frank Mayo,Wedgewood Nowell,Evelyn Barlowe,Fritzi Brunette,Lucie Carroll,Florence Lawler,Evelyn Dockson,Ethel Gilstrom,Claire Meade,Mrs. Wilfred North,Elsa Peterson,Sada Simmons,Bessie Wade,Lillian West,Mack Gray,Jay Guedillio,Donald Hall,James Harrison,Max Hoffman Jr.,Frank Jaquet,Charles McAvoy,Larry McGrath,Joe McGuinn,Tom McGuire,Frank Moran,Clark Morgan,George Pembroke,Bob Perry,Edward Peil Sr.,Hal Price,Stanley Price,Don Roberts,Thomas W. Ross,Bernard Wheeler,Ed Williams,Max Blum,Sidney Bracey,Glen Cavender,Inez Gay,Bess Meyers,Sally Sage,Lottie Williams,Eddie Graham,Stuart Holmes,Al Lloyd,Paul Panzer,Jack Richardson,Leo White,Tom Wilson,Charles Trowbridge,Fredrik Vogeding,Jack Wise,Frank C. Moran,George H. Melford,George Barnes,Natalie Visart,Robert R. Presnell Sr.,Robert Riskin,Dan Mandell,Leo F. Forbstein,Richard Connell,Stephen Goosson,Jack Cosgrove,Daniel Mandell.
Q: When Did the “Meet John Doe” Released?
A: The Movie “Meet John Doe” originally aired on 1941-03-12 and released in the year of 1941.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Meet John Doe” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Meet John Doe” ?
A: “Meet John Doe” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
