Frank Capra's Meet John Doe [videorecording] / Warner Bros. Studio [and] Frank Capra Productions ; screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra

Additional Titles: Meet John Doe
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Hal Roach Studios, [date of publication not identified][2000]
[Chatsworth, Calif.] : Distributed by Image Entertainment.
Copyright Date: ©2000
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Additional Creators: Cooper, Gary, 1901-1961, Stanwyck, Barbara, 1907-1990, Brennan, Walter, 1894-1974, Arnold, Edward, 1890-1956, Gleason, James, 1886-1959, Lockhart, Gene, 1891-1957, Bacon, Irving, 1893-1965, La Rocque, Rod, 1898-1969, Capra, Frank, 1897-1991, Connell, Richard Edward, 1893-1949, Presnell, Robert, 1894-1969, Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Frank Capra Productions, Hal Roach Studios, and Image Entertainment (Firm)

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Summary

A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his way to power.

Subject(s)

Genre(s)

Drama

Note

Originally issued as motion picture in 1941.
Based on a story by Richard Connell and Robert Presnell.

Creation/Production Credits Note

Editor, Daniel Mandell ; director of photography, George Barnes ; musical score, Dimitri Tiomkin.

Participant/Performer Note

Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Irving Bacon, Rod LaRocque.

Technical Details

DVD.

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