Meet John Doe

Pros: Thought-provoking themes. Entertaining. Barbara Stanwyck.
Cons: Some corny dialogue.

When newspaper columnist Ann Mitchell learns she'll lose her job when a new Editor takes over, she decides to make her final column a farce. Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck) makes-up a story that is supposedly based on a letter from a depressed man known only ...

Pros: Capra with care.
Cons: None.

Frank Capra has made films that remain etched in the audience mind. Films that spoke to the heart of what he, as an American film maker felt about his country- his countrymen and what was the cornerstone of the American dream and ethic. Mr. Smith Goes to ...

Pros: Professional crafting, exceptional actors.
Cons: This common man is too mythical to be real.

Director Frank Capra pulls out all the schmaltz stops in Meet John Doe (1941), pitting the "little people" against Big Business, Big Labor, and the media in a classic effort to exalt the common man. An ordinary hobo, thrust into the...

Pros: Wonderful message and performances.
Cons: None

Meet John Doe is another Capra classic. It's a modern day version of David versus Goliath, or the little man versus the big man.

When a news paper columnist, Ann Mitchell (Barbara Stanwyck), writes a ficticious story about a man...