Meet John Doe

★★★★★

Turkish title: Cihan Hakimi

“All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!”

1941 · 2 h 2 min

Directed by Frank Capra

ComedyDramaRomance

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Cast

Gary Cooper Barbara Stanwyck

Credits

Written by: Richard Connell

Plot

A newspaper invents a man who plans to jump from a building, then hires someone to play him.

Sinekatalog’s take

Frank Capra's populist drama has Gary Cooper as a hobo pressed into being a fake grassroots hero. Barbara Stanwyck is superb, and despite a muddled ending the film bites with real anxiety about demagoguery.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.

Ratings

IMDb: 7.6 / 10 (16,613 votes)
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