Meet John Doe (1941)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Frank Capra

Escritores:

Richard Connell (story) and
Robert Presnell Sr. (story) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

3 mayo 1941 (USA)

Género:

Comedia | Drama | Romance

Frase comercial:

ALL AMERICA WANTS TO MEET THE "MR. DEEDS" OF 1941! (original print media ad - all caps)

Plot:

A man needing money agrees to impersonate a nonexistent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a political movement begins.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Reporter | Publisher | Media | Unemployment

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

WOW!!.....Again!

Reparto

Gary Cooper	...	Long John Willoughby - 'John Doe'
Barbara Stanwyck	...	Ann Mitchell
Edward Arnold	...	D. B. Norton
Walter Brennan	...	The Colonel
Spring Byington	...	Mrs. Mitchell
James Gleason	...	Henry Connell
Gene Lockhart	...	Mayor Lovett
Rod La Rocque	...	Ted Sheldon - Norton's Nephew
Irving Bacon	...	Beany
Regis Toomey	...	Bert Hansen - Soda Jerk
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Sourpuss Smithers
Warren Hymer	...	Angelface - Bodyguard
Harry Holman	...	Mayor Hawkins
Andrew Tombes	...	Spencer of 'Daily Chronicle'
Pierre Watkin	...	Hammett - Political Boss

También conocida como:

Frank Capra's 'Meet John Doe' (USA) (complete title)
John Doe, Dynamite (UK)
Juan Nadie (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
¿Conocen a John Doe? (Venezuela) [es]

Duración:

USA:122 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Negro y Blanco

Relación de Aspecto:

1.37 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Australia:G | Argentina:13 | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:Btl | Brazil:14

Compañía:

Frank Capra Productions

Trivialidades:

Frank Capra's first choice for the role of Ann Mitchell was Ann Sheridan. However, she was vetoed by Warner Bros. in a contract dispute.

Errores:

Continuidad: The collar of John Doe's coat is alternately up and down between shots when Ann is persuading him not to jump off the roof.

Citas:

Ann: [Ann is pleading with John not to commit suicide] Please don't give up. We'll start all over again. Just you and I. It isn't too late. The John Doe movement isn't dead yet. You see, John, it isn't dead or they wouldn't be here. It's alive in them. They kept it alive by being afraid. That's why they came up here. Oh, darling!...

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in Frank Capra's 'It's a Wonderful Life': A Personal Remembrance (1991) (V)

Banda de Sonido:

TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME

WOW!!.....Again!

About 15 or twenty years ago MEET JOHN DOE aired on a saturday matinee program on the CBC. I watched it and absolutely loved it. In the ensuing two decades I have Studied Film History and the art of film making. I have debated Film Theory and criticisum with some of the country's most film-smart people and have worked extensively in the film industry. And very rarely through all of this was Meet John Doe mentioned. The other day I saw A copy of the film in a used video store, remembered it from my youth and promptly bought it. And after viewing it again I have to say it is definetly one of the finest motion-pictures I have ever seen. It has to be one of the most under-rated movies ever made. The social commentary exhibeted is one of the boldest that the medium has ever presented, especially considering the time it was made. A time when media propaganda was a driving force for home-shore morale at the beginning of WWII. Capra and langs techniques in this work are absoloutly astounding. The riot scene should be looked upon as ground breaking. The performances (both the lead and supporting) are among some of the finest and most endearing of the time. Needless to say I'm going to be toot this films horn for quite some time. (I think I'll go watch it again.)