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.
Genres
Drama, Comedy, Romance
Studio
Frank Capra Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Meet John Doe performed
Budget
N/A
Worldwide Gross
$2.0M
Gross Profit
N/A
Return
N/A
Opening Wknd (est.)
$288K
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
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Cast
Long John Willoughby
Gary Cooper
Long John Willoughby
Ann Mitchell
Barbara Stanwyck
Ann Mitchell
D.B. Norton
Edward Arnold
D.B. Norton
The Colonel
Walter Brennan
The Colonel
Mme Mitchell
Spring Byington
Mme Mitchell
Henry Connell
James Gleason
Henry Connell
Mayor Lovett
Gene Lockhart
Mayor Lovett
Ted Sheldon
Rod La Rocque
Ted Sheldon
Beany
Irving Bacon
Beany
Bert Hansen
Regis Toomey
Bert Hansen
'Sourpuss'
J. Farrell MacDonald
'Sourpuss'
Angelface
Warren Hymer
Angelface
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