Meet John Doe

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American drama film film

Meet John Doe is a 1941 American drama film directed by Frank Capra that critiques media manipulation and political opportunism through the story of a fabricated everyman hero.

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instanceOf American drama film ⓘ
film ⓘ
basedOn short stories by Richard Connell ⓘ
character Ann Mitchell ⓘ
D. B. Norton ⓘ
John Doe ⓘ
cinematographyBy George Barnes ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
critiques corporate control of media ⓘ
political demagoguery ⓘ
sensationalist journalism ⓘ
director Frank Capra ⓘ
distributor Warner Bros. Pictures ⓘ
surface form: Warner Bros.
editor Daniel Mandell ⓘ
filmFormat black-and-white ⓘ
genre drama film ⓘ
political drama ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasFilmRating considered a classic of American cinema ⓘ
hasTitle Meet John Doe ⓘ
mainTheme fabricated public hero ⓘ
media manipulation ⓘ
political opportunism ⓘ
musicBy Dimitri Tiomkin ⓘ
narrativeFocus rise and manipulation of a fabricated everyman hero ⓘ
notableFor depiction of media-created celebrity ⓘ
social commentary on American democracy ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
partOf Frank Capra ⓘ
surface form: Frank Capra filmography
plotSummary A reporter invents a fictional everyman named John Doe, leading to a nationwide movement that is exploited by a powerful politician. ⓘ
producer Frank Capra ⓘ
productionCompany Frank Capra Productions ⓘ
publicationDate 1941 ⓘ
releaseYear 1941 ⓘ
runtime approximately 122 minutes ⓘ
screenwriter Robert Riskin ⓘ
setInPeriod Great Depression ⓘ
surface form: Great Depression era United States
starring Barbara Stanwyck ⓘ
Edward Arnold ⓘ
Gary Cooper ⓘ
Gene Lockhart ⓘ
James Gleason ⓘ
Rodriguez Romero ⓘ
Spring Byington ⓘ
Walter Brennan ⓘ

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Frank Capra → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Frank Capra → directed → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Robert Riskin → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Gary Cooper → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Barbara Stanwyck → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
James Gleason → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Riskin → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
subject surface form: Robert Riskin
Edward Arnold → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ
Joseph Walker → notableWork → Meet John Doe ⓘ