Director: Frank Capra

Writers: Richard Connell; Robert Presnell; Robert Riskin

Musical Score: Dimitri Tiomkin

Keywords: Drama

A columnist at a dying newspaper fabricates a story of an unemployed man committing suicide over the present plight of humanity. In groundswell of interest surrounding the story, they find a former baseball player willing to assume the identity of this "John Doe", but there are others who want to use the situation to their own advantage. Received an Oscar nomination for Best Original Story.

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Stanley Andrews	Actor	28-Aug-1891	23-Jun-1969	Death Valley Days
Edward Arnold	Actor	18-Feb-1890	26-Apr-1956	You Can't Take It With You
Irving Bacon	Actor	6-Sep-1893	5-Feb-1965	Mr. Beazley
Walter Brennan	Actor	25-Jul-1894	21-Sep-1974	Three Oscars for Best Supporting Actor
Spring Byington	Actor	17-Oct-1886	7-Sep-1971	You Can't Take it With You
Gary Cooper	Actor	7-May-1901	14-May-1961	High Noon
James Gleason	Actor	23-May-1882	12-Apr-1959	Here Comes Mr. Jordan
Sterling Holloway	Actor	4-Jan-1905	22-Nov-1992	Voice of Winnie the Pooh
Gene Lockhart	Actor	18-Jul-1891	31-Mar-1957	Algiers
J. Farrell MacDonald	Actor	14-Apr-1875	2-Aug-1952	My Darling Clementine
Rod La Rocque	Actor	20-Nov-1898	15-Oct-1969	Braveheart
Barbara Stanwyck	Actor	16-Jul-1907	20-Jan-1990	Double Indemnity
Andrew Tombes	Actor	29-Jun-1885	17-Mar-1976	Doubting Thomas
Regis Toomey	Actor	13-Aug-1898	12-Oct-1991	Burke's Law
Pierre Watkin	Actor	29-Dec-1887	3-Feb-1960	Adventures of Superman

CAST

Gary Cooper	...   John Doe
Barbara Stanwyck	...   Ann Mitchell
with
Edward Arnold	...   D. B. Norton
Walter Brennan	...   The Colonel
Spring Byington	...   Mrs. Mitchell
James Gleason	...   Connell
and
Gene Lockhart	...   Mayor Lovett
Rod La Rocque	...   Ted Sheldon
Irving Bacon	...   Beany
Regis Toomey	...   Bert
J. Farrell MacDonald	...   Sourpuss
Warren Hymer	...   Angelface
Harry Holman	...   Mayor Hawkins
Andrew Tombes	...   Spencer
Pierre Watkin	...   Hammett
Stanley Andrews	...   Weston
Mitchell Lewis	...   Bennett
Charles Wilson	...   Charlie Dawson
Vaughan Glaser	...   Governor
Sterling Holloway	...   Dan
Mike Frankovich	...   Radio Announcer
Knox Manning	...   Radio Announcer
John B. Hughes	...   Radio Announcer
Hall Johnson Choir	...   Choir

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