Overview
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.
Cast
- Gary Cooper as Long John Willoughby
- Barbara Stanwyck as Ann Mitchell
- Edward Arnold as D.B. Norton
- Walter Brennan as The Colonel
- Spring Byington as Mme Mitchell
- James Gleason as Henry Connell
- Gene Lockhart as Mayor Lovett
- Rod La Rocque as Ted Sheldon
- Irving Bacon as Beany
- Regis Toomey as Bert Hansen