
The Good Girl(2002)
A discount store clerk strikes up an affair with a stock boy who considers himself the incarnation of Holden Caulfield.


“All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!”
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.

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
Meet John Doe is a drama, comedy, romance film released in 1941 exploring themes of baseball player, radio broadcast, suicide note, domain, enchant. Directed by Frank Capra, it stars Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold. 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.
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