Meet John Doe (1941)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.7/10   

Director:

Frank Capra

Escritores:

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

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:

Capra and Riskin at their best

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
Stanley Andrews	...	Weston - Political Boss
Mitchell Lewis	...	Bennett - Labor Leader
Charles C. Wilson	...	Charlie Dawson - D.B. Promoter (as Charles Wilson)
Vaughan Glaser	...	Governor Jackson
Sterling Holloway	...	Dan - Counterman at Diner
M.J. Frankovich	...	Radio Announcer (as Mike Frankovich)
Knox Manning	...	Radio Announcer at Convention
John B. Hughes	...	Radio Announcer at Convention
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Frank Austin	...	Grubbel - John Doe Applicant (uncredited)
Evelyn Barlow	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Benny Bartlett	...	Red - Office Boy (uncredited)
Mary Benoit	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Max Blum	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Aldrich Bowker	...	Pop Dwyer - Connell's Aide (uncredited)
Sidney Bracey	...	Club Member (uncredited)
Fritzi Brunette	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Earle D. Bunn	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Lucia Carroll	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Glen Cavender	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Howard Chase	...	Electrician (uncredited)
Jack Cheatham	...	Policeman with Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Edmund Cobb	...	Policeman Guarding Ann (uncredited)
Mildred Coles	...	Secretary (uncredited)
Alan Copeland	...	Choirboy (uncredited)
Mrs. Gardner Crane	...	Mrs. Brewster (uncredited)
Floyd Criswell	...	Electrician (uncredited)
Billy Curtis	...	Midget (uncredited)
Lew Davis	...	Electrician (uncredited)
Vernon Dent	...	Man (uncredited)
Evelyn Dockson	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Ann Doran	...	Mrs. Hansen (uncredited)
Edward Earle	...	Radio MC (uncredited)
Sarah Edwards	...	Mrs. Hawkins (uncredited)
Carl Ekberg	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Paul Everton	...	GOP Man (uncredited)
Frank Fanning	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Eddie Fetherston	...	Reporter (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty	...	Mike - Daily Chronicle Agent (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Mattie - Newspaper Secretary (uncredited)
Fern Formica	...	Lady Midget (uncredited)
William Forrest	...	Governor's Associate (uncredited)
Charles K. French	...	Fired Reporter (uncredited)
Jack Gardner	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Inez Gay	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Ethel Gilstrom	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
William Gould	...	Sergeant (uncredited)
Eddie Graham	...	Tall Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Mack Gray	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Jay Guedillio	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Alfred Hall	...	Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)
Donald Hall	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
John Hamilton	...	Jim - Governor's Associate (uncredited)
Kenneth Harlan	...	Publicity Man (uncredited)
James Harrison	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey	...	Bum (uncredited)
Edward Hearn	...	Mayor's Secretary (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian	...	Radio Station Audience (uncredited)
Max Hoffman Jr.	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Stuart Holmes	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
John Ince	...	Doctor (uncredited)
Selmer Jackson	...	Radio Announcer at Convention (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet	...	Police Desk Sergeant (uncredited)
Carlotta Jelm	...	Ann's Sister (uncredited)
Eddie Kane	...	Wall Street Tycoon (uncredited)
Edward Keane	...	Relief Administrator (uncredited)
Richard Kipling	...	Police Commissioner (uncredited)
Isabel La Mal	...	Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)
Melvin Lang	...	Foreign Dignitary (uncredited)
Florence Lawler	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Walter Linden	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Al Lloyd	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Hank Mann	...	Eddie - Photographer at Hotel (uncredited)
Alphonse Martell	...	Foreign Dignitary (uncredited)
Frank Mayo	...	Attendant (uncredited)
Charles McAvoy	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Larry McGrath	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Joe McGuinn	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Tom McGuire	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Lafe McKee	...	Mr. Delaney (uncredited)
James McNamara	...	Sheriff (uncredited)
Edward McWade	...	Joe - Elderly Typesetter (uncredited)
Claire Meade	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
George Melford	...	Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)
Frank Meredith	...	Guard (uncredited)
James Millican	...	Photographer (uncredited)
Charles R. Moore	...	City Hall Janitor (uncredited)
Frank Moran	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Clark Morgan	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Gene Morgan	...	Mug (uncredited)
Jack Mower	...	Guard (uncredited)
Forbes Murray	...	Legislator (uncredited)
Gail Newbray	...	Telephone Operator (uncredited)
Mrs. Wilfrid North	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Wedgwood Nowell	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Garry Owen	...	Sign Painter (uncredited)
Paul Panzer	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
George Pembroke	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Bob Perry	...	Delegate (uncredited)
Elsa Peterson	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Susan Peters	...	Autograph Hound (uncredited)
Hal Price	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Stanley Price	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Jack Richardson	...	Man in Diner (uncredited)
Cyril Ring	...	Radio Technician (uncredited)
Don Roberts	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Henry Roquemore	...	Chamber of Commerce Member (uncredited)
Thomas W. Ross	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Sally Sage	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Cliff Saum	...	Guard (uncredited)
Sada Simmons	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Russell Simpson	...	(uncredited)
Walter Soderling	...	Barrington - Political Boss (uncredited)
Wyndham Standing	...	Democrat (uncredited)
Edwin Stanley	...	Democrat (uncredited)
Vera Steadman	...	Bit Role (uncredited)
Bert Stevens	...	Radio Station Audience (uncredited)
Brick Sullivan	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Emma Tansey	...	Mrs. Delaney (uncredited)
Tina Thayer	...	Ann's Sister (uncredited)
Cyril Thornton	...	D.B.'s Butler (uncredited)
Jim Thorpe	...	John Doe Applicant (uncredited)
Charles Trowbridge	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Don Turner	...	Guard (uncredited)
Guy Usher	...	Bixler (uncredited)
Frederick Vogeding	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Bess Wade	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Lillian West	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Bernard Wheeler	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Leo White	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Ed Williams	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Lottie Williams	...	Bit Part (uncredited)
Tom Wilson	...	Man in Diner / Man in Radio Station Audience (uncredited)
Jack Wise	...	Delegate (uncredited)
Maris Wrixon	...	Autograph Hound (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Frank Capra

Créditos del guión
Richard Connell		(story) and
Robert Presnell Sr.		(story) (as Robert Presnell)
Robert Riskin		(screenplay)

Producida por
Frank Capra	....	producer

Música original por
Dimitri Tiomkin

Fotografía por
George Barnes

Montaje por
Daniel Mandell

Dirección artística
Stephen Goosson

Diseño de vestuario por
Natalie Visart		(gowns)

Ayudante de dirección
Arthur S. Black Jr.	....	assistant director (as Arthur S. Black)

Departamento de sonido
C.A. Riggs	....	sound

Efectos especiales
Jack Cosgrove	....	special effects

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Irving Lippman	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
Slavko Vorkapich	....	montage

Departamento de Música
Leo F. Forbstein	....	musical director
Hall Johnson	....	music arranger: choral arrangements
George Bassman	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Simon Bucharoff	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Lucien Cailliet	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Hugo Friedhofer	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leigh Harline	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
George Parrish	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
Max Reese	....	orchestrator (uncredited)
David Tamkin	....	orchestrator (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Frank Capra Productions

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1941) (USA) (theatrical)
• Madacy Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Hollywood Classics (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Take 2 Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Timeless Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Image Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Master Movies (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• United American Video (1999) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Expedition (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Marengo Films (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Genius Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Passport Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Miracle Pictures (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (video)
• Reel Media International (2005) (worldwide) (TV)
• Continental Home Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Continental Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• DNA (2006) (Italy) (DVD) (VHS)
• International Entertainment Enterprises (????) (worldwide) (all media)
• LVA Film Classics (????) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)

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:

Henry Connel: Listen. If that guys lays an egg by getting something out of it, I'm getting a Jane Doe ready.

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en Finished (1997)

Banda de Sonido:

OH! SUSANNA

Capra and Riskin at their best

There is so much to recommend this film, especially in repeat viewings. I'll try to touch on things rarely mentioned. The opening credit montage that ends with a solitary newborn in a hospital ward speaks volumes, as does the opening scene: the jackhammering of the old Bulletin cornerstone. The dream that Long John tells Ann about, in which he plays a dual role, is a warm and economic device for letting us know about what he feels for her and why she could go for her. The near-monologue of Bert, the "soda jerker," is as masterful in its sustained understatement as the small-town mayor's bumbling is hilarious. All of Capra's sound films starting with "American Madness" employ an effective, trademark montage, but "Meet John Doe" overflows with three. The Colonel's joyous Three Little Pigs dance inside the freight car to the rhythm of the rails is joyous. The Jesus metaphor throughout becomes heavyhanded at the very end but is saved by the dead-on final line about "the people." Finally, the movie succeeds not just because of its attributes that can carry over to other forms of art such as books or plays, but also because it is a uniquely cinematic experience.