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Meet John Doe DVD

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Release Date: 8/26/2003
Original Release: 1941
Format: DVD
Length: 170 minutes
Rating: Not Rated
Rating Reason: (Reason unavailable)
UPC: 025493071399
Studio: Koch Entertainment Distribution

Directed by:

Frank Capra, Frank R. Capra

Featuring:

Barbara Stanwyck, Gene Lockhart, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, Rod La Rocque, James Gleason, Gary Cooper, Edward Arnold, Irving Bacon

Categories:

Dramas, Politics, Scams And Cons, Social Issues, Reporters, Newspapers

	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.

	DVD Features

	Region 1 Keep Case Additional Release Material: Featurette: HOLLYWOOD REMEMBERS

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	Awards

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	Technical Specifications

	Color - B&W

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Posted on February 11, 2008

Reviewed by: Movie Addict

Gary Cooper got his two Oscars for great films - Sargent York and High Noon, but he made many other Oscar-worthy films, and this was certainly one of them. It got a nomination for the script by...
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Posted on May 30, 2007

Reviewed by: Jessica Film Junkie

In 1936 Frank Capra directed Gary Cooper as an average fellow who gets a big break, falls for a scheming reporter and uses his new fame to help the common man, five years later they employ much the...
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