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You can watch Meet John Doe (1941) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Fandango At Home, or buy on Fandango At Home.
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.
A cynical reporter invents a suicidal protester to boost circulation, only to watch the manufactured movement spiral out of her control. This sharp satire tracks the terrifying speed at which a fabricated lie can ignite a genuine national frenzy.
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Director
Frank Capra
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Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey
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Meet John Doe
You can watch Meet John Doe (1941) on Hoopla with a participating library card, rent on Fandango At Home, or buy on Fandango At Home.
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Director
Frank Capra
Cast
Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey
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