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

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AUDIENCE SCORE
User Ratings: 4,562
Rating: 1/5 -- Além de trazer aquela que é provavelmente a pior cena dirigida por Capra em sua carreira (o monólogo de Regis Toomey na prefeitura), o filme é um água com açúcar repleto de diálogos patriotas/cristãos patéticos, artificiais e piegas.
Cinema em Cena
May 2, 2009
A smooth. Capracareful film replete with social preachment and a magnificent portrayal by Gary Cooper. Full Review
California Eagle
Oct 31, 2019
It's pure Capra, run through with the tension between idealism and corruption... Full Review
Parallax View
Dec 28, 2010
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. Full Review
Cinema Siren
Jul 24, 2019
Rating: 7/10 -- ...the political and social ramifications are just as topical today as they were seventy years ago. Full Review
Movie Metropolis
Dec 21, 2010
Capra's films work because he believed with his whole heart in his cornball agendas. Full Review
Combustible Celluloid
Jan 13, 2011
It's a stronger and far less dated film than his overpraised It's a Wonderful Life. Full Review
SF Weekly
Mar 22, 2018

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.

Product Description:

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: 27,651
  • UPC: 089218301697
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