Meet John Doe
by Andrew Gerle, Eddie Sugarman, Frank Capra

When ambitious newspaper reporter Ann Mitchell loses her job, she prints a phony letter from a “John Doe” who promises to jump off the Brooklyn Bridge on Christmas Eve to protest the state of society.

Circulation goes through the roof, and Ann convinces her editor to hire an out-of-work ballplayer to play “John” while she ghost-writes a column.

With her words and his down-home charm, John Doe quickly becomes a national sensation, and a complicated romance blooms between the pair.

When the paper’s powerful owner reveals his true plans for the John Doe movement, Ann and John must confront the hoax they’ve created and decide what is worth fighting for.