Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Age rating
- NR
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
The story
As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The paper is forced to rehire Ann and hires John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." Ann and her bosses cynically milk the story for all it's worth, until the made-up "John Doe" philosophy starts a whole political movement.
- baseball player
- radio broadcast
- suicide note
- domain
- enchant
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Gary Cooper
Long John Willoughby
Barbara Stanwyck
Ann Mitchell
Edward Arnold
D.B. Norton
Walter Brennan
The Colonel
- Spring Byington — Mme Mitchell
- James Gleason — Henry Connell
- Gene Lockhart — Mayor Lovett
- Rod La Rocque — Ted Sheldon
- Irving Bacon — Beany
- Regis Toomey — Bert Hansen
- J. Farrell MacDonald — 'Sourpuss'
- Warren Hymer — Angelface
- Harry Holman — Mayor Hawkins
- Andrew Tombes — Spencer
- Pierre Watkin — Hammett
- Directed
- Frank Capra
Production
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 · 283 ratings
- Studio
- Frank Capra Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
