Meet John Doe
A recognized classic, "Meet John Doe" is Frank Capra's poignant and moving social drama of the human spirit.
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- Rated: Not Rated
- Run Time: 2 hours, 3 minutes
- Video: Black & White
- Encoding: Region 0 (Worldwide)
- Released: November 27, 2001
- Originally Released: 1941
- Label: Alpha Video
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | James Gleason, Walter Brennan, Barbara Stanwyck & Gary Cooper | |
Performer: | Edward Arnold, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque & Irving Bacon | |
Directed by | Frank Capra | |
Edited by | Daniel Mandell | |
Screenwriting by | Robert Riskin | |
Composition by | Dimitri Tiomkin | |
Cinematography by | George Barnes | |
Produced by | Frank Capra |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B+ --
Capra's political parable is problematic parables, from his contradictory approach to the "little people" to the right-wing elements to the compromised ending, in which Cooper is stopped from committing suicide.
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EmanuelLevy.Com
Like Stewart's Mr. Smith, Gary Cooper's acting choices, while more subtle than Stewart, deeply connect you with his character's plight and therefore solidly hook you into hopes for his happy ending, his redemption.
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Cinema Siren
The movie is superb, dynamic, masterful. [Full review in Spanish]
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Cine-Mundial
Rating: 3.5/4 --
Journalistic ethics are only a small aspect of the film, but the implications are long-ranging.
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Cinema Sight
Rating: A --
[VIDEO ESSAY] Wikipedia lists "Meet John Doe" as an "American comedy film." How wrong they are.
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ColeSmithey.com
Capra's films work because he believed with his whole heart in his cornball agendas.
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Combustible Celluloid
Rating: C --
It was hard to stomach.
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Description by OLDIES.com:
This classic is a moving, poignant depiction of faded glory. Gary Cooper portrays a former baseball player whose misfortunes have changed his life. Barbara Stanwyck, a news reporter, interviews "John Doe" (Cooper.) Her report falls into the hands of a crooked politician who exploits "John Doe" by making him a good will ambassador in a phony political drive, leaving Cooper on the brink of suicide. This film represents director Frank Capra at his best.
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Reporter Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) is fired from her job by an unscrupulous newspaper tycoon and retaliates by printing a fake suicide note to the editor signed by a fictional "John Doe." The letter is picked up by the public as a rallying point, as Mr. Doe claimed to be so distraught by the problems of society that he'd rather end his own life in protest. But the tycoon uses the publicity as part of a secret plan, hiring a down-on-his-luck unemployed man (Gary Cooper) to impersonate Doe--establishing him as an American symbol and creating a new political movement in the process. Frank Capra's endearing classic also stars the great character actors Walter Brennan and James Gleason.
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- Sales Rank: 27,449
- UPC: 089218301697
- Shipping Weight: 0.25/lbs (approx)
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