Directed by:
Frank CapraScreenplay:
Robert RiskinCinematography:
George BarnesComposer:
Dimitri TiomkinCast:
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey (more)VOD (2)
Plots(1)
Reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired from her job by an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and retaliates by printing a fake suicide note to the editor signed by a fictional "John Doe." The letter is picked up by the public as a rallying point, as Mr. Doe claimed to be so distraught by the problems of society that he'd rather end his own life in protest. But the tycoon uses the publicity as part of a secret plan, hiring a down-on-his-luck unemployed man (Gary Cooper) to impersonate Doe--establishing him as an American symbol and creating a new political movement in the process. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Harry Davenport](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/765/157765206_365afd.jpg)
Harry Davenport
USA
Best movies:
Gone with the Wind (1939)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Little Women (1949)
![Maris Wrixon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/538/158538353_a06d01.jpg)
Maris Wrixon
USA
Best movies:
Dark Victory (1939)
Meet John Doe (1941)
Phantom Lady (1944)
![Bess Flowers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/619/160619287_5a558a.jpg)
Bess Flowers
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Rear Window (1954)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Jack Mower](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/332/160332802_ec610a.jpg)
Jack Mower
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
![Pat Flaherty](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000248_6efdc2.jpg)
Pat Flaherty
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
![Bert Stevens](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/256/159256255_85bf54.jpg)
Bert Stevens
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
![Forbes Murray](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/185/159185624_51416d.gif)
Forbes Murray
Canada
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
Edison, the Man (1940)
Vertigo (1958)
![Kenneth Harlan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505371_a2fa5e.jpg)
Kenneth Harlan
USA
Best movies:
San Francisco (1936)
Mystery Science Theater 3000 (1988) (series) - a.f.
The Penalty (1920)
![Edward Earle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/469/159469264_e21130.jpg)
Edward Earle
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Edmund Cobb](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505377_72c895.jpg)
Edmund Cobb
USA
Best movies:
The Miracle of Our Lady of Fatima (1952)
Double Indemnity (1944)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Stanley Price](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/559/158559794_031654.jpg)
Stanley Price
USA
Best movies:
The Lost Weekend (1945)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
State of the Union (1948)
![Charles K. French](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/103/160103292_7989c6.jpg)
Charles K. French
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
![Forrester Harvey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/229/161229950_9e1b9c.jpg)
Forrester Harvey
Ireland
Best movies:
The Invisible Man (1933)
Rebecca (1940)
Captain Blood (1935)
Henry Roquemore
USA
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Strike Up the Band (1940)
![Leo White](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276205_b052c0.jpg)
Leo White
German Empire
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Casablanca (1942)
The Invisible Man (1933)
![James Millican](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867210_acbd83.gif)
James Millican
USA
Best movies:
Love Crazy (1941)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
![Stanley Andrews](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/867/159867720_a7a639.gif)
Stanley Andrews
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Brick Sullivan
USA
Best movies:
Singin' in the Rain (1952)
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Love Crazy (1941)
![Franklyn Farnum](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/948/159948620_a1d5f2.jpg)
Franklyn Farnum
USA
Best movies:
Some Like It Hot (1959)
Sunset Boulevard (1950)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
![Charles C. Wilson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/934/159934024_423dfb.jpg)
Charles C. Wilson
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)