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 (1)
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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
Cyril Ring
USA
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Harry Holman
USA
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Hal Price
USA
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Emma Tansey
USA
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Selmer Jackson
USA
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Sarah Edwards
UK
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Edward Keane
USA
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It's a Wonderful Life (1946)
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Bert Moorhouse
USA
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Jack Cheatham
USA
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Jack Gardner
USA
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Edward Hearn
USA
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William Forrest
USA
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Charles Trowbridge
Mexico
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Dorothy Andre
USA
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Joe McGuinn
USA
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Sidney Bracey
Australia
Best movies:
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John Hamilton
USA
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Frank Fanning
USA
Best movies:
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Edward Peil Sr.
USA
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Love Crazy (1941)
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M.J. Frankovich
USA
Best movies:
Meet John Doe (1941)