
Meet John Doe
All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
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Cast

J. Farrell MacDonald
'Sourpuss'

Stanley Andrews
Weston

Vaughan Glaser
Governor

Sterling Holloway
Dan

Benny Bartlett
Red (uncredited)

Russell Simpson
(uncredited)

James Gleason
Henry Connell

Harry Holman
Mayor Hawkins

Pierre Watkin
Hammett

Mitchell Lewis
Bennett

Edmund Cobb
Cop Guarding Ann (uncredited)

George Melford
Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)

Edward Arnold
D.B. Norton

Spring Byington
Mme Mitchell

Rod La Rocque
Ted Sheldon

Warren Hymer
Angelface

Andrew Tombes
Spencer

Forbes Murray
Legislator (uncredited)

Tina Thayer
Ann's Sister (uncredited)

Paul Panzer
(uncredited)

Ann Doran
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Mike (uncredited)

Hank Mann
Eddie (uncredited)

Bert Moorhouse
Man at Stadium Rally (uncredited)

George Pembroke
(uncredited)

Jim Thorpe
Extra (uncredited)

Gary Cooper
Long John Willoughby

Gene Lockhart
Mayor Lovett

Harry Davenport
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

William Forrest
Governor's Associate (uncredited)

Walter Brennan
The Colonel

Regis Toomey
Bert Hansen

Knox Manning
Radio Announcer

Bess Flowers
Mattie (uncredited)

James Millican
Photographer (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck
Ann Mitchell

Irving Bacon
Beany

Charles Cahill Wilson
Charlie Dawson

Frank Moran
(uncredited)

John Hamilton
Jim (uncredited)

Edward Earle
Radio Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Guard (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge
(uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
(uncredited)

Eddie Kane
Wall Street Tycoon (uncredited)