Bibliograph

Frank Capra's Meet John Doe, Warner Bros. Studio [and] Frank Capra Productions ; screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra

Type

Label

Frank Capra's Meet John Doe, Warner Bros. Studio [and] Frank Capra Productions ; screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Frank Capra's Meet John Doe

Medium

DVD

Oclc number

46654396

Responsibility statement

Warner Bros. Studio [and] Frank Capra Productions ; screenplay by Robert Riskin ; directed by Frank Capra

Runtime

122

Summary

A genial homeless unemployed baseball pitcher is hoaxed into protesting against existing social evils as a newspaper circulation stunt. He pleas to the "little man" for brotherly love and democratic good will and John Doe clubs are formed. Because of his simple sincerity, he becomes a national hero, but he is shocked when he discovers that it's all a plot by the owner of the paper, who plans to use the voting strength of the clubs to bludgeon his way to power

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Meet John Doe

Contributor