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Meet John Doe

All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!

1941★ 7.3 · 2832h 3mDramaComedyRomance

Overview

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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Cast

Gary Cooper
as Long John Willoughby

Walter Brennan
as The Colonel

Sterling Holloway
as Dan

Ann Doran
as Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck
as Ann Mitchell

Regis Toomey
as Bert Hansen

James Gleason
as Henry Connell

Bess Flowers
as Mattie (uncredited)

Irving Bacon
as Beany

Edward Arnold
as D.B. Norton

Spring Byington
as Mme Mitchell

Charles Cahill Wilson
as Charlie Dawson

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Release date: 1941-03-14

Revenue: $2,000,000

Runtime: 2h 3m

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DramaComedyRomance

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