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Meet John Doe [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]
Cast: Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
, Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
, Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold
, James Gleason
James Gleason
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Meet John Doe [4K Ultra HD Blu-ray/Blu-ray]
Cast: Gary Cooper
Gary Cooper
, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
, Walter Brennan
Walter Brennan
, Edward Arnold
Edward Arnold
, James Gleason
James Gleason
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Overview
The first of director Frank Capra's independent productions (in partnership with Robert Riskin), Meet John Doe begins with the end of reporter Ann Mitchell's (Barbara Stanwyck) job. Fired as part of a downsizing move, she ends her last column with an imaginary letter written by "John Doe." Angered at the ill treatment of America's little people, the fabricated Doe announces that he's going to jump off City Hall on Christmas Eve. When the phony letter goes to press, it causes a public sensation. Seeking to secure her job, Mitchell talks her managing editor (James Gleason) into playing up the John Doe letter for all it's worth; but to ward off accusations from rival papers that the letter was bogus, they decide to hire someone to pose as John Doe: a ballplayer-turned-hobo (Gary Cooper), who'll do anything for three squares and a place to sleep. "John Doe" and his traveling companion The Colonel (Walter Brennan) are ensconced in a luxury hotel while Mitchell continues churning out chunks of John Doe philosophy. When newspaper publisher D.B. Norton (Edward Arnold), a fascistic type with presidential aspirations, decides to use Doe as his ticket to the White House, he puts Doe on the radio to deliver inspirational speeches to the masses -- ghost-written by Mitchell, who, it is implied, has become the publisher's mistress. The central message of the Doe speeches is "Love Thy Neighbor," though, conceived in cynicism, the speeches strike so responsive a chord with the public that John Doe clubs pop up all over the country. Believing he is working for the good of America, Cooper agrees to front the National John Doe Movement -- until he discovers that Norton plans to exploit Doe in order to create a third political party and impose a virtual dictatorship on the country. The last of Capra's "social statement" films, Meet John Doe posted a profit, although Capra and Riskin were forced to dissolve their corporation due to excessive taxes.
Product Details
Release Date: | 03/26/2024 |
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UPC: | 0850049732161 |
Original Release: | 1941 |
Source: | Classicflix |
Language: | English |
Time: | 2:03:00 |
Format: | Blu-ray |
Sales rank: | 9,698 |
Cast & Crew
Performance Credits
Technical Credits
Gary Cooper | Long John Willoughby, John Doe |
Barbara Stanwyck | Ann Mitchell |
Walter Brennan | The Colonel |
Edward Arnold | D.B. Norton |
James Gleason | Henry Connell |
Spring Byington | Mrs. Mitchell |
Gene Lockhart | Mayor Lovett |
Rod La Rocque | Ted Sheldon |
Irving Bacon | Beany |
Regis Toomey | Bert Hansen |
Warren Hymer | Angelface |
Aldrich Bowker | Pop Dwyer |
Ann Doran | Mrs. Hansen |
Sterling Holloway | Dan |
Madge Crane | Mrs. Brewster |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Sourpuss Smithers |
Pat Flaherty | Mike |
Carlotta Jelm | Ann's Sister |
Tina Thayer | Ann's Sister |
Bennie Bartlett | Red, the Office Boy |
Sarah Edwards | Mrs. Hawkins |
Stanley Andrews | Weston |
Andrew Tombes | Spencer |
Pierre Watkin | Hammett |
Garry Owen | Sign Painter |
Charles Wilson | Charlie Dawson,Man in Diner / Man in Radio Station Audience |
Gene Morgan | Mug,Bit Part |
Cyril Thornton | Butler |
Edward Earle | Radio MC |
M.J. Frankovich | Radio Announcer |
Harry Holman | Mayor Hawkins |
Bess Flowers | Newspaper Secretary |
Emma Tansey | Mrs. Delaney |
Mitchell Lewis | Bennett |
Billy Curtis | Midget |
Johnny Fern | Midget |
Vernon Dent | Man |
Vaughan Glaser | Governor |
Selmer Jackson | Radio Announcers at Convention |
Knox Manning | Radio Announcers at Convention |
John B. Hughes | Radio Announcers at Convention |
Lucia Carroll | Herself,Bit Part |
James McNamara | Sheriff |
Frank Austin | Grubbel |
Edward Keane | Relief Administrator |
Lafe McKee | Mr. Delaney |
Edward McWade | Joe, Newsman |
Guy Usher | Bixler |
Walter Soderling | Barrington |
John Hamilton | Jim, Governor's Associate |
William Forrest | Governor's Associate |
Charles K. French | Fired Reporter |
Edward Hearn | Mayor's Secretary |
Hank Mann | Ed, a Photographer |
James Millican | Photographer |
Harry Davenport | Ex-owner of Bulletin |
Paul Everton | GOP Man |
Forrester Harvey | Bum |
Mary Benoit | Secretary |
Mildred Coles | Secretary |
Eddie Kane | Tycoon |
Melvin Lang | Foreign Dignitary |
Alphonse Martell | Foreign Dignitary |
Wyndham Standing | Democrat |
Edwin Stanley | Democrat |
Isabelle La Mal | Chamber of Commerce Member |
Alfred Hall | Chamber of Commerce Member,Bit Part |
George Melford | Chamber of Commerce Member,Actor |
Henry Roquemore | Chamber of Commerce Member |
John Ince | Doctor |
Gail Newbray | Telephone Operator |
Earl Bunn | Policeman |
Edmund Cobb | Policeman |
Jack Cheatham | Policeman |
Lew Davis | Electrician |
Howard Chase | Electrician |
Floyd Criswell | Electrician |
Carl Ekberg | Reporter |
Frank Fanning | Reporter |
Eddie Fetherston | Reporter |
Walter Finden | Photographer |
Jack Gardner | Photographer |
William Gould | Sergeant |
Kenneth Harlan | Publicity Man |
Richard Kipling | Police Commissioner |
Frank Meredith | Guard |
Jack Mower | Guard |
Cliff Saum | Guard |
Don Turner | Guard |
Forbes Murray | Legislator |
Maris Wrixon | Autograph Hound |
Susan Peters | Autograph Hound |
Frank Mayo | Attendant |
Wedgewood Nowell | Bit Part |
Evelyn Barlowe | Bit Part |
Fritzi Brunette | Bit Part |
Florence Lawler | Bit Part |
Evelyn Dockson | Bit Part |
Ethel Gilstrom | Bit Part |
Claire Meade | Bit Part |
Mrs. Wilfred North | Bit Part |
Elsa Peterson | Bit Part |
Sada Simmons | Bit Part |
Bessie Wade | Bit Part |
Lillian West | Bit Part |
Mack Gray | Bit Part |
Jay Guedillio | Bit Part |
James Harrison | Bit Part |
Max Hoffman Jr. | Bit Part |
Frank Jaquet | Police Desk Sergeant |
Charles McAvoy | Bit Part |
Larry McGrath | Bit Part |
Joe McGuinn | Bit Part |
Tom McGuire | Bit Part |
Frank Moran | Bit Part,Bit Part |
George Pembroke | Bit Part |
Bob Perry | Delegate |
Edward Peil Sr. | Actor |
Hal Price | Bit Part,Bit Part |
Don Roberts | Bit Part |
Thomas W. Ross | Bit Part |
Bernard Wheeler | Bit Part |
Ed Williams | Bit Part,Bit Part,Actor |
Max Blum | Bit Part |
Sidney Bracey | Club Member |
Glen Cavender | Bit Part |
Inez Gay | Bit Part |
Bess Meyers | Actor |
Sally Sage | Bit Part |
Eddie Graham | Tall Autograph Hound |
Stuart Holmes | Bit Part |
Al Lloyd | Bit Part |
Paul Panzer | Bit Part |
Jack Richardson | Man in Diner |
Leo White | Bit Part |
Charles Trowbridge | Bit Part |
Fredrik Vogeding | Bit Part |
Jack Wise | Delegate |
Margaret Crane | Mrs. Brewster |
Eddie Fetherstone | Reporter |
Dimitri Tiomkin | Composer |
Technical Credits
Frank Capra | Director,Producer |
Richard Connell | Screenwriter |
Robert R. Presnell Sr. | Screenwriter |
Jack Cosgrove | Special Effects |
Robert Riskin | Screenwriter |
C.A. Riggs | Sound/Sound Designer |
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