“Meet John Doe” quotes
(1941)
Frank Capra
directed this movie
in 1941
Title Meet John Doe
Year 1941
Director Frank Capra
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Year 1941
Director Frank Capra
Genre Drama, Comedy, Romance
Plot – In a small US town, a newspaper changes its owner and some editors get fired. To take revenge for the dismissal, a young reporter publishes a fake letter signed by a hypothetical John Doe which announces he will throw himself from the Town Hall tower. The letter gains much popularity, then the reporter confesses it's a fake, but he suggests her director to take advantage of its success, even if they have to find someone who represents the elusive John Doe. The task is entrusted to John Willaby, who talks to the audience through the radio speaking in favor of human solidarity and against social injustices. The owner of the newspaper decides then to exploit more Willaby, so the man thinks to realize John Doe's initial intent. On the top of Town Hall tower, John meets the journalist who persuades him to keep on fighting for good causes.
All actors – Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan, Spring Byington, James Gleason, Gene Lockhart, Rod La Rocque, Irving Bacon, Regis Toomey, J. Farrell MacDonald, Warren Hymer, Harry Holman, Andrew Tombes, Pierre Watkin, Stanley Andrews, Mitchell Lewis, Charles C. Wilson, Vaughan Glaser, Sterling Holloway, M.J. Frankovich, Knox Manning, John B. Hughes, Hall Johnson Choir, Dorothy Andre, Frank Austin, American Legion Band, Evelyn Barlow, Benny Bartlett, Mary Benoit, Max Blum, Aldrich Bowker, Sidney Bracey, Fritzi Brunette, Earle D. Bunn, Lucia Carroll, Glen Cavender, Howard Chase, Jack Cheatham, St. Brendan's Boy Choir, Edmund Cobb, Mildred Coles, Alan Copeland, Madge Crane, Floyd Criswell, Billy Curtis, Daisy, Harry Davenport, Lew Davis, Vernon Dent, Evelyn Dockson, Ann Doran, Edward Earle, Sarah Edwards, Carl Ekberg, Paul Everton, Frank Fanning, Franklyn Farnum, Eddie Fetherston, Walter Findon, Pat Flaherty, Bess Flowers, Fern Formica, William Forrest, Charles K. French, Galan Galt, Jack Gardner, Inez Gay, Ethel Gilstrom, William Gould, Eddie Graham, Mack Gray, Jay Guedillio, Alfred Hall, Donald Hall, John Hamilton, Kenneth Harlan, James Harrison, Forrester Harvey, Edward Hearn, Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian, Max Hoffman Jr., Stuart Holmes, John Ince, Selmer Jackson, Frank Jaquet, Carlotta Jelm, Sheldon Jett, Eddie Kane, Edward Keane, Richard Kipling, Isabel La Mal, Melvin Lang, Florence Lawler, Walter Linden, Al Lloyd, Anna Luther, Hank Mann, Alphonse Martell, Frank Mayo, Charles McAvoy, Larry McGrath, Joe McGuinn, Tom McGuire, Lafe McKee, James McNamara, Edward McWade, Claire Meade, George Melford, Frank Meredith, Dave Miller and His New York French Casino Band, James Millican, Charles R. Moore, Bert Moorhouse, Frank Moran, Clark Morgan, Gene Morgan, Jack Mower, Forbes Murray, Gail Newbray, Mrs. Wilfrid North, Wedgwood Nowell, Garry Owen, Paul Panzer, Edward Peil Sr., George Pembroke, Bob Perry, Susan Peters, Elsa Peterson, Hal Price, Stanley Price, John J. Richardson, Cyril Ring, Don Roberts, Henry Roquemore, Thomas W. Ross, Sally Sage, Cliff Saum, Sada Simmons, Russell Simpson, Walter Soderling, Wyndham Standing, Edwin Stanley, Vera Steadman, Bert Stevens, Brick Sullivan, Emma Tansey, Tina Thayer, Cyril Thornton, Jim Thorpe, Charles Trowbridge, Don Turner, Guy Usher, Frederick Vogeding, Bess Wade, Lillian West, Bernard Wheeler, Leo White, Ed Williams, Lottie Williams, Tom Wilson, Jack Wise, Maris Wrixon
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“We can't win the old ball game unless we have teamwork. And that's where every John Doe comes in. It's up to him to get together with his teammate. And your teammate, my friends, is the guy next door to you.”
“You'll play your cards right and you'll never have to worry about money again.”
“You wanna be honest, don't you? You don't have to die to keep the John Doe ideal alive. Someone already died for that once. The first John Doe.”
“You'd try to kill the John Doe movement if you can't use it to get what you want? That certainly is a new low. I guess I've seen everything now... you think of deliberately killing an idea that's made millions of people a little bit happier.”
“If it's worth dying for, it's worth living for.”
“You can't be a stranger to any guy that's on your own team. So tear down the fence that separates you. Tear down the fence and you'll tear down a lot of hates and prejudices. Tear down all the fences in the country and you'll really have teamwork.”
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