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)
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
![Gary Cooper](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/978/161978231_317dfa.png)
Gary Cooper
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell (1955)
![Barbara Stanwyck](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/423/162423656_154a6e.png)
Barbara Stanwyck
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
Ball of Fire (1941)
![Edward Arnold](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/404/163404111_895da0.png)
Edward Arnold
USA
Best movies:
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
He Who Gets Slapped (1924)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
![Walter Brennan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/340/164340869_d0f8e6.png)
Walter Brennan
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Fury (1936)
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
![Spring Byington](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505193_bf0e6d.jpg)
Spring Byington
USA
Best movies:
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1938)
Jezebel (1938)
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
![James Gleason](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/049/262/49262589_97cbf6.jpg)
James Gleason
USA
Best movies:
The Keys of the Kingdom (1944)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Bishop's Wife (1947)
![Gene Lockhart](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272952_908927.jpg)
Gene Lockhart
Canada
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
Miracle on 34th Street (1947)
Madame Curie (1943)
![Rod La Rocque](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/431/431710_78fbcc.jpg)
Rod La Rocque
USA
Best movies:
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
The Ten Commandments (1923)
Meet John Doe (1941)
![Irving Bacon](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/000/159000029_a0f98d.jpg)
Irving Bacon
USA
Best movies:
Edison, the Man (1940)
I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Regis Toomey](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/587/162587337_59d49f.jpg)
Regis Toomey
USA
Best movies:
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The People Against O'Hara (1951)
The Big Sleep (1946)
![J. Farrell MacDonald](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/477/158477098_33cdbb.jpg)
J. Farrell MacDonald
USA
Best movies:
It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
Sunrise (1927)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
![Warren Hymer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/426/158426737_6073a4.jpg)
Warren Hymer
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
20,000 Years in Sing Sing (1932)
Destry Rides Again (1939)
![Pierre Watkin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/382/165382787_ca6f45.jpg)
Pierre Watkin
USA
Best movies:
Song of Love (1947)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
![Mitchell Lewis](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/511/160511029_0f3100.jpg)
Mitchell Lewis
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
The Stratton Story (1949)
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ (1925)
![Sterling Holloway](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/499/499981_b48bf4.jpg)
Sterling Holloway
USA
Best movies:
Bambi (1942)
Dumbo (1941)
The Jungle Book (1967)
![Susan Peters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/124/120/124120137_0076f4.jpg)
Susan Peters
USA
Best movies:
Random Harvest (1942)
Meet John Doe (1941)
The Sign of the Ram (1948)
![Ann Doran](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505278_4186c0.jpg)
Ann Doran
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Holiday (1938)
![Russell Simpson](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505177_270187.jpg)
Russell Simpson
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Power and the Glory (1933)
Dodge City (1939)
George Melford
USA
Best movies:
The Stratton Story (1949)
Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
The Ten Commandments (1956)
![Lafe McKee](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/505/505381_7193ea.jpg)
Lafe McKee
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
When the Daltons Rode (1940)
Meet John Doe (1941)