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[[File:MeetJohnDoe.jpg|frame|Some hobos clean up real nice.]]


A [[Frank Capra]] film. A reporter ([[Barbara Stanwyck]]) fabricates a letter from a John Doe who says he will kill himself on Christmas to protest the state of the country.

When the story draws sympathy from the readership, she hires a former baseball player hobo ([[Gary Cooper]]) to portray this fictional person in public, and the "John Doe" movement begins.

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* [[Adult Child]]: The Colonel, when he plays his Piccolo.
* [[Becoming the Mask]]
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: John and the Colonel, mostly the Colonel.
* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]: Near the end {{spoiler|John actually tries to kill himself, in order to revive the Doe movment}}.
* [[Corrupt Corporate Executive]]: Lots of them, unfortunately.
* [[Despair Event Horizon]]
* [[Da Editor]]: Henry Connell.
* [[The Ditz]]: John
* [[The Everyman]]: The John Does.
* [[Hobos]]: John and the Colonel, among others.
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: John and Ann both have one, both equally heartbreaking to watch.
* [[Hot Scoop]]: Ann.
* [[It Got Worse]]: For John, after the halfway point in the film.
* [[Messianic Archetype]]
* [[Pygmalion Plot]]: Ann goes right out and says she has fallen in love with "John Doe".
* [[Running Gag]]: John and the Colonel's music.
* [[Those Two Guys]]: Long John and the Colonel.
* [[Screwball Comedy]]
* [[Throwing Out the Script]]: A Capra staple trope.
* [[Time Compression Montage]]
* [[You Are Not Alone]]

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[[Category:Films of the 1940s]]
[[Category:Meet John Doe]]
[[Category:Film]]
[[Category:Films Based on Short Stories]]