Description: SENTIMENTAL, OPTIMISTIC, MORALISTIC DRAMA, WITH A MESSAGE FOR THE GOOD OF THE COMMON MAN. WITH GARY COOPER, BARBARA STANWYCK, EDWARD ARNOLD, WALTER BRENNAN, SPRING BYINGTON, JAMES GLEASON, GENE LOCKHART. FRANK CAPRA'S CLASSIC ODE TO THE COMMON MAN. A SOCIAL COMMENTARY-COMEDY-DRAMA ABOUT ONE OF THE MILLIONS OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS. ONLY HE'S BEEN PICKED AS THE "TYPICAL AMERICAN", JOHN DOE, BY A NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER. HE IS SOON BUILT INTO THE SYMBOL OF THE AVERAGE MAN BY THE HIGH PRESSURE CAMPAIGN OF THE NEWS TYCOON WITH THE HELP OF AN ATTRACTIVE REPORTER. BUT COOPER FINDS THAT HE'S BEING USED TO FURTHER THE PUBLISHER'S POWER SEEKING POLITICAL AMBITIONS AND REBELS. POVERTY ROW. CONVENTION SCENE AT WRIGLEY FIELD.
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