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 (3)
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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
Lottie Williams
USA
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Gene Morgan
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George Pembroke
Canada
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Tom McGuire
UK
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Paul Everton
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Bess Wade
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Cliff Saum
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Edward McWade
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Frank Jaquet
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Jim Thorpe
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Frank Austin
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Melvin Lang
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Vernon Dent
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Aldrich Bowker
USA
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Rhoda Williams
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