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Meet John Doe (3-May-1941)

Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Richard Connell; Robert Presnell; Robert Riskin

Musical Score: Dimitri Tiomkin

Keywords: Drama

A columnist at a dying newspaper fabricates a story of an unemployed man committing suicide over the present plight of humanity. In groundswell of interest surrounding the story, they find a former baseball player willing to assume the identity of this "John Doe", but there are others who want to use the situation to their own advantage. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story.

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Stanley Andrews
Actor
28-Aug-1891 23-Jun-1969 Death Valley Days
Edward Arnold
Actor
18-Feb-1890 26-Apr-1956 You Can't Take It With You
Irving Bacon
Actor
6-Sep-1893 5-Feb-1965 Mr. Beazley
Walter Brennan
Actor
25-Jul-1894 21-Sep-1974 Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Spring Byington
Actor
17-Oct-1886 7-Sep-1971 You Can't Take it With You
Gary Cooper
Actor
7-May-1901 14-May-1961 High Noon
James Gleason
Actor
23-May-1882 12-Apr-1959 Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sterling Holloway
Actor
4-Jan-1905 22-Nov-1992 Voice of Winnie the Pooh
Gene Lockhart
Actor
18-Jul-1891 31-Mar-1957 Algiers
J. Farrell MacDonald
Actor
14-Apr-1875 2-Aug-1952 My Darling Clementine
Rod La Rocque
Actor
20-Nov-1898 15-Oct-1969 Braveheart
Barbara Stanwyck
Actor
16-Jul-1907 20-Jan-1990 Double Indemnity
Andrew Tombes
Actor
29-Jun-1885 17-Mar-1976 Doubting Thomas
Regis Toomey
Actor
13-Aug-1898 12-Oct-1991 Burke's Law
Pierre Watkin
Actor
29-Dec-1887 3-Feb-1960 Adventures of Superman

CAST

Gary Cooper   ...   John Doe
Barbara Stanwyck   ...   Ann Mitchell
with
Edward Arnold   ...   D. B. Norton
Walter Brennan   ...   The Colonel
Spring Byington   ...   Mrs. Mitchell
James Gleason   ...   Connell
and
Gene Lockhart   ...   Mayor Lovett
Rod La Rocque   ...   Ted Sheldon
Irving Bacon   ...   Beany
Regis Toomey   ...   Bert
J. Farrell MacDonald   ...   Sourpuss
Warren Hymer   ...   Angelface
Harry Holman   ...   Mayor Hawkins
Andrew Tombes   ...   Spencer
Pierre Watkin   ...   Hammett
Stanley Andrews   ...   Weston
Mitchell Lewis   ...   Bennett
Charles Wilson   ...   Charlie Dawson
Vaughan Glaser   ...   Governor
Sterling Holloway   ...   Dan
Mike Frankovich   ...   Radio Announcer
Knox Manning   ...   Radio Announcer
John B. Hughes   ...   Radio Announcer
Hall Johnson Choir   ...   Choir

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