
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

John Hamilton
Jim (uncredited)

Spring Byington
Mme Mitchell

James Gleason
Henry Connell

Sterling Holloway
Dan

Ann Doran
Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty
Mike (uncredited)

Edmund Cobb
Cop Guarding Ann (uncredited)

Warren Hymer
Angelface

Harry Holman
Mayor Hawkins

James Millican
Photographer (uncredited)

Frank Moran
(uncredited)

Eddie Kane
Wall Street Tycoon (uncredited)

Jack Mower
Guard (uncredited)

George Pembroke
(uncredited)

J. Farrell MacDonald
'Sourpuss'

Gary Cooper
Long John Willoughby

Gene Lockhart
Mayor Lovett

Forbes Murray
Legislator (uncredited)

Tina Thayer
Ann's Sister (uncredited)

Edward Earle
Radio Master of Ceremonies (uncredited)

Charles Trowbridge
(uncredited)

George Melford
Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)

Knox Manning
Radio Announcer

Bert Moorhouse
Man at Stadium Rally (uncredited)

Benny Bartlett
Red (uncredited)

Barbara Stanwyck
Ann Mitchell

Irving Bacon
Beany

William Forrest
Governor's Associate (uncredited)

Jim Thorpe
Extra (uncredited)

Walter Brennan
The Colonel

Vaughan Glaser
Governor

Hank Mann
Eddie (uncredited)

Rod La Rocque
Ted Sheldon

Regis Toomey
Bert Hansen

Stanley Andrews
Weston

Bess Flowers
Mattie (uncredited)

Selmer Jackson
Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)

Paul Panzer
(uncredited)

Russell Simpson
(uncredited)

Edward Arnold
D.B. Norton

Andrew Tombes
Spencer

Pierre Watkin
Hammett

Mitchell Lewis
Bennett

Charles Cahill Wilson
Charlie Dawson

Harry Davenport
Former Bulletin Owner (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum
(uncredited)