Meet John Doe
Summary:
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 announce... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Gary Cooper - (Long John Willoughby)
Barbara Stanwyck - (Ann Mitchell)
Edward Arnold - (D.B. Norton)
Walter Brennan - (The Colonel)
Spring Byington - (Mrs. Mitchell)
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Review:
Meet John Doe is the Frank Capra movie that spoke most directly to the mood of the United States at the time that it was made. It's a fundamentally pessimistic film, without a positive resolution, and also an astonishingly mature movie -- virtually groundbreaking as a "message" movie aimed at a mainstream audience. Appearing in 1940, it close... Continue >>
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