Meet John Doe

(1941)

★ 7.3 IMDb · 289 votes

Genres: Drama, Comedy, Romance

Year: 1941

Runtime: 122 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Фрэнк Капра

Cast: Гэри Купер, Барбара Стэнвик, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Спринг Байинтон, Джеймс Глисон, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Ирвинг Бэйкон, Regis Toomey

Plot

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.

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) 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 (Gary Cooper) 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 social movement. At last everyone, even Ann, takes her creation seriously...but publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold) has a secret plan.