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
as Long John Willoughby
Barbara Stanwyck
as Ann Mitchell
Edward Arnold
as D.B. Norton
Walter Brennan
as The Colonel
Spring Byington
as Mme Mitchell
James Gleason
as Henry Connell
Gene Lockhart
as Mayor Lovett
Rod La Rocque
as Ted Sheldon
Irving Bacon
as Beany
Regis Toomey
as Bert Hansen
J. Farrell MacDonald
as 'Sourpuss'
Warren Hymer
as Angelface
