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.
Barbara Stanwyck | Ann Mitchell |
Gary Cooper | Long John Willoughby |
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 |
Mitchell Lewis | Bennett |
Sterling Holloway | Dan |
J. Farrell MacDonald | Sourpuss Smithers |