Meet John Doe (1941)
"All America wants to meet the “Mr. Deeds” of 1941!"
ThumbScore
👍 87%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 92%
(RT: 92%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
Edward Arnold as D.B. Norton
Rod La Rocque as Ted Sheldon
Is Meet John Doe good?
Yes. 87% audience score, estimated from 292 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 92%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
