Description

Meet John Doe is a 1941 in film United States comedy film drama film film directed and produced by Frank Capra, and starring Gary Cooper and Barbara Stanwyck. The film is about a “grassroots” political campaign created unwittingly by a newspaper columnist and pursued by a wealthy businessman. It became a box office hit and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Story. Though the film is less well known than other Frank Capra classics, it remains highly regarded today. It was ranked #49 in AFI’s 100 Years… 100 Cheers. In 1969, the film entered the List of films in the public domain in the United States due to the claimants’ failure to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after release.</> Afterward, feeling conflicted, he runs away, riding the rails with the Colonel until they reach Millsville. “John Doe” is recognized at a diner and brought to City Hall, where he’s met by Bert Hanson (Regis Toomey), who explains how he was inspired by Doe’s words to start a “John Doe club” with his neighbors.

Cast

• Gary Cooper as John Doe/Long John Willoughby
• Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell
• Edward Arnold (actor) as D. B. Norton
• Walter Brennan as The Colonel
• Spring Byington as Mrs. Mitchell
• James Gleason as Henry Connell
• Gene Lockhart as Mayor Lovett
• Rod La Rocque as Ted Sheldon
• Irving Bacon as Beanie
• Regis Toomey as Bert
• J. Farrell MacDonald as “Sourpuss”
• Harry Holman as Mayor Hawkins
• Warren Hymer as “Angelface”