Meet John Doe (1941)

Cast & Credits

• Cast

  • • Long John Willoughby/'John Doe'

      Gary Cooper

    • Ann Mitchell

      Barbara Stanwyck

    • D.B. Norton

      Edward Arnold

    • The 'Colonel'

      Walter Brennan

    • Mrs Mitchell

      Spring Byington

    • Henry Connell

      James Gleason

    • Mayor Lovett

      Gene Lockhart

    • Ted Sheldon

      Rod La Rocque

    • Beany

      Irving Bacon

    • Bert Hansen

      Regis Toomey

    • 'Sourpuss' Smithers

      J. Farrell Macdonald

    • Angelface

      Warren Hymer

    • Mayor Hawkins

      Harry Holman

    • Spencer

      Andrew Tombes

    • Hammett

      Pierre Watkin

    • Weston

      Stanley Andrews

    • Bennett

      Mitchell Lewis

    • Charlie Dawson

      Charles Wilson

    • governor

      Vaughan Glaser

    • Dan

      Sterling Holloway

    • radio announcer

      Frankovich, Mike

    • radio announcer

      Knox Manning

    • radio announcer

      John B. Hughes

    • choir

      Hall Johnson Choir

    • [sign painter]

      Garry Owen

    • [Red, office boy]

      Bennie Bartlett

    • [Joe]

      Edward McWade

    • [Jim, governor's associate]

      John Hamilton

    • [governor's associate]

      William Forrest

    • [mayor's secretary]

      Edward Hearn

    • [Mrs Brewster]

      Mrs Gardner Crane

    • [bum]

      Forrester Harvey

    • [photographer]

      Jack Gardner

    • [Mike]

      Pat Flaherty

    • [Ann's dog]

      Daisy the dog

    • [Irene, Ann's sister]

      Tina Thayer

    • [telephone operator]

      Gail Newbray

    • ['average American girl']

      Dorothy Andree

    • [midget]

      Billy Curtis

    • [midget]

      Johnny Fern

    • [Mrs Hansen]

      Ann Doran

    • [Grubbel]

      Frank Austin

    • [man in Millville]

      Sidney Bracey

    • [Mrs Delaney]

      Emma Tansey

    • [Mr Delaney]

      Lafe Mckee

    • [tycoon]

      Eddie Kane

    • [relief administrator]

      Edward Keane

    • [Norton's butler]

      Cyril Thornton

    • [Barrington]

      Walter Soderling

    • [NBC radio announcer]

      Selmer Jackson

    • [sergeant]

      William Gould

    • [doctor]

      John Ince

    • [themselves]

      Dave Miller and his New York French Casi

    • [themselves]

      American Legion Band

    • [themselves]

      St. Brendan's Boys Choir

    • [mug]

      Gene Morgan

    • [Mrs Hawkins]

      Sarah Edwards

    • [Pop Dwyer]

      Aldrich Bowker

    • [political manager]

      Edwin Stanley

    • [Mattie]

      Bess Flowers

    • [former owner of The Bulletin]

      Harry Davenport

    • [radio MC]

      Edward Earle

    • [GOP man]

      Paul Everton

    • [sheriff]

      James H. McNamara

    • [secretary]

      Mary Benoit

    • [secretary]

      Mildred Coles

    • [associate]

      Melvin Lang

    • [foreign dignitary]

      Alphonse Martell

    • [associate]

      Wyndham Standing

    • [Bixler]

      Guy Usher

    • [associate]

      Frederick Vogeding

    • [chamber of commerce member]

      Isabelle Lamal

    • [chamber of commerce member]

      Alfred Hall

    • [chamber of commerce member]

      George Melford

    • [chamber of commerce member]

      Henry Roquemore

    • [policeman]

      Earl Bunn

    • [policeman]

      Jack Cheatham

    • [policeman]

      Eddie Cobb

    • [electrician]

      Lew Davis

    • [electrician]

      James Millican

    • [henchman]

      Carl Ekberg

    • [henchman]

      George Pembroke

    • [reporter]

      Eddie Fetherstone

    • [publicity man]

      Kenneth Harlan

    • [publicity man]

      Max Hoffman

    • [police sergeant]

      Frank Jaquet

    • [police commissioner]

      Richard Kipling

    • [Ed]

      Hank Mann

    • [guard]

      Frank Meredith

    • [guard]

      Jack Mower

    • [guard]

      Cliff Saum

    • [guard]

      Don Turner

    • [legislator]

      Forbes Murray

    • [autograph hound]

      Susan Peters

    • [autograph hound]

      Maris Wrixon

    • [attendant]

      Frank Mayo

    • [.]

      Charles Trowbridge

    • [.]

      Wedgewood Nowell

    • [.]

      Howard Chase

    • [.]

      Floyd Criswell

    • [.]

      Vernon Dent

    • [.]

      Frank Fanning

    • [.]

      Walter Finden

    • [.]

      Galen Galt

    • [.]

      Mack Gray

    • [.]

      Jay Guedilio

    • [.]

      Donald Hall

    • [.]

      James Harrison

    • [.]

      Charles Mcavoy

    • [.]

      Larry Mcgrath

    • [.]

      Joe Mcguinn

    • [.]

      Tom Mcguire

    • [.]

      Frank Moran

    • [.]

      Clark Morgan

    • [.]

      Bob Perry

    • [.]

      Edward Peil

    • [.]

      Hal Price

    • [.]

      Stanley Price

    • [.]

      Don Roberts

    • [.]

      Thomas W. Ross

    • [.]

      Bernard Wheeler

    • [.]

      Ed Williams

    • [.]

      Max Blum

    • [.]

      Glen Cavender

    • [.]

      Ed Graham

    • [.]

      Stuart Holmes

    • [.]

      Al Lloyd

    • [.]

      Paul Panzer

    • [.]

      Jack Richardson

    • [.]

      Leo White

    • [.]

      Tom Wilson

    • [.]

      Jack Wise

    • [.]

      Evelyn Barlow

    • [.]

      Fritzie Brunette

    • [.]

      Lucia Carroll

    • [.]

      Florence Lawler

    • [.]

      Evelyn Dockson

    • [.]

      Ethel Gilstrom

    • [.]

      Claire Meade

    • [.]

      Mrs Wilfred North

    • [.]

      Elsa Petersen

    • [.]

      Sada Simmons

    • [.]

      Bess Wade

    • [.]

      Lillian West

    • [.]

      Inez Gay

    • [.]

      Bess Meyers

    • [.]

      Sally Sage

    • [.]

      Lottie Williams

    • [.]

      Vera Steadman

    • [.]

      Anna Luther

• Credits

  • Direction:

    • Directed by

      Frank Capra

    • Assistant Director

      Arthur S. Black

    Production:

    • Production Company

      Frank Capra Productions

    • Production Company

      Warner Bros.

    • [Producer]

      Frank Capra

    • [Producer]

      Robert Riskin

    • [General Manager]

      William S. Holman

    • [Production Adviser]

      William Cameron Menzies

    Writing:

    • Screen Play by

      Robert Riskin

    • [Script Construction/Dial Contribution]

      Myles Connolly

    • Based on a story by

      Richard Connell

    • Based on a story by

      Robert Presnell

    Photography:

    • Director of Photography

      George Barnes

    Special Effects:

    • Special Effects

      Jack Cosgrove

    • Montage Effects

      Slavko Vorkapich

    • [Superintendent of Rain Effects]

      William Erbes

    Editing:

    • Film Editor

      Daniel Mandell

    Design:

    • Art Direction

      Goosson, Stephen

    Costumes:

    • Gowns by

      Natalie Visart

    Music:

    • Musical Score

      Dimitri Tiomkin

    • Musical Director

      Leo F. Forbstein

    • Choral Arrangements

      Hall Johnson

    Sound:

    • Sound

      C.A. Riggs

    Consultant:

    • [Gary Cooper's Harmonica Instructor]

      Arthur Turelly