Meet John Doe (1941)

Synopsis: A spunky journalist, fired by the paper's new owners, hatches a clever scheme to get her job back. On her last day of work, she "discovers" a letter written by a man lamenting the selfishness and injustice of the world--and announcing his... A spunky journalist, fired by the paper's new owners, hatches a clever scheme to get her job back. On her last day of work, she "discovers" a letter written by a man lamenting the selfishness and injustice of the world--and announcing his plans to kill himself on Christmas Eve as a protest. The fraudulent missive proves to be a terrific public relations stunt, creating an incredible wave of public support for the man while pushing the paper's readership to an all-time high. But now they need someone to play his role, and they find their reluctant hero in the form of a handsome, naive vagabond. The soft-spoken tramp wants only to make it back to baseball's big leagues, but the common folk love his homespun ways and he soon becomes a candidate for political office. [More]

Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, James Gleason

Starring: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, James Gleason, Edward Arnold, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon

Director: Frank Capra

Director: Frank Capra
Producer: Frank Capra
Screenwriter: Robert Riskin
Composer: Dimitri Tiomkin

[See More Credits]