Meet John Doe (1941)
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.
Cast
Gary CooperLong John Willoughby
Barbara StanwyckAnn Mitchell
Edward ArnoldD.B. Norton
Walter BrennanThe Colonel
Spring ByingtonMme Mitchell
James GleasonHenry Connell
Gene LockhartMayor Lovett
Rod La RocqueTed Sheldon
Irving BaconBeany
Regis ToomeyBert Hansen
J. Farrell MacDonald'Sourpuss'
Warren HymerAngelface
Harry HolmanMayor Hawkins
Andrew TombesSpencer
Pierre WatkinHammett
