Meet John Doe (1941)

Original title	Meet John Doe
Swedish release title	Vi behöver varann
Distribution title	John Doe, Dynamite (Storbritannien)
Title for Swedish DVD release	Meet John Doe

Director	Frank Capra
Screenplay	Robert Riskin
Producer	Frank Capra
Director of Photography	George Barnes
Music	Dimitri Tiomkin
Production Designer	Stephen Goosson
Film Editor	Daniel Mandell
Production Mixer	C.A. Riggs
Assistant Director	Arthur S. Black
Story	Richard Connell Robert Presnell
Camera Operator	John F. Warren
Still Photographer	Irving Lippman
Special Photographic Effects	Jack R. Cosgrove
Musical Arrangement	Hall Johnson (körarrangemang)
Orchestra Leader	Leo F. Forbstein
Costume Designer	Natalie Visart
Other Crew	Slavko Vorkapich (montage)

Gary Cooper	Long John Willoughby (john doe)
Barbara Stanwyck	Ann Mitchell
Edward Arnold	D.B. Norton
Walter Brennan	översten
Spring Byington	Mrs. Mitchell
James Gleason	Henry Connell
Gene Lockhart	major Lovett
Rod La Rocque	Ted Sheldon
Irving Bacon	Beany
Regis Toomey	Bert Hansen
Ann Doran	Mrs. Hansen
J. Farrell MacDonald	Sourpuss Smithers
Warren B. Hymer	Angelface
Harry Holman	borgmästare Hawkins
Andrew Tombes	Spencer
Pierre Watkin	Hammett
Stanley Andrews	Weston
Mitchell Lewis	Bennett
Charles C. Wilson	Charlie Dawson
Vaughan Glaser	guvernören
Sterling Holloway	Dan
Mike J. Frankovich	radiohallåmannen
Knox Manning	radiohallåman vid konventet
Selmer Jackson	radiohallåman vid konventet
John B. Hughes	radiohallåman vid konventet
Aldrich Bowker	Pop Dwyer
Mrs. Gardner Crane	Mrs. Brewster
Pat Flaherty	Mike
Carlotta Jelm	Anns syster
Tina Thayer	Anns syster
Benny Bartlett	Red, kontorspojken
Sarah Edwards	Mrs. Hawkins
Edward Earle	radions ceremonimästare
James McNamara	sheriffen
Emma Tansey	Mrs. Delaney
Frank Austin	Grubbel
Edward Keane	biståndsadministratören
Lafe McKee	Mr. Delaney
Edward McWade	Joe, journalisten
Guy Usher	Bixler
Walter Soderling	Barrington
Edmund Cobb	poliskonstapeln
Billy Curtis	Midget
Johnny Fern	Lady Midget
John Hamilton	Jim, guvernörens assistent
William Forrest	guvernörens assistent
Charles K. French	avskedad reporter
Edward Hearn	borgmästarens sekreterare
Bess Flowers	tidningens sekreterare
Hank Mann	Ed, en fotograf
James Millican	fotografen
The Hall Johnson Choir

Production Company	Frank Capra Productions, Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm)	Warner Bros. Film AB	1942
Distributor in Sweden (DVD)	Salut Audio & Video ApS	2003

Censorship number	64865
Date	1942-10-05
Classification	Suitable for all audiences
Original length	3380 meters

Aspect ratio	1.37:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3703 meter
Length in minutes	135 min
Dialogue	English
Textad	Swedish

First showing	1941-05-03			USA	135 min
Release in Sweden	1942-10-12	Röda Kvarn		Sweden	123 min
TV showing	1995-06-13	TV2		Sweden
	1997-06-21	SVT2		Sweden
	2002-07-17	TV4		Sweden
	2002-12-28	SVT1		Sweden
DVD release	2003-07-21			Sweden
FIAF showing	2011-04-05
	2011-04-06
TV showing	2019-01-16	SVT1		Sweden
	2020-05-07	SVT1		Sweden
Filmvetenskapliga institutionen	2023-04-24		Stockholm	Sweden

Original title	The Battle Hymn of the Republic
Composer	William Steffe	(osäker uppgift)
Lyrics	Julia Ward Howe	(1862)
Singer	The Hall Johnson Choir

Original title	Take Me Out to the Ball Game
Composer	Albert von Tilzer	(1908)
Lyrics	Jack Norworth	(1908)
Singer	The Hall Johnson Choir

Original title	Oh! Susanna
Composer	Stephen C. Foster	(1846)
Lyrics	Stephen C. Foster	(1846)
Singer	The Hall Johnson Choir

Original title	Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Composer	Franz Gruber	(1818)
Lyrics	Joseph Mohr	(1818)
	Oscar Mannström	(svensk text 1915)
Musical Arrangement	Mats Bergström
Singer	The Hall Johnson Choir	(engelsk text)

Original title	Symfoni, nr 9, op. 125, d-moll. Sats 4 (Presto) med slutkören "An die Freude"
Composer	Ludwig van Beethoven	(1824)
Lyrics	Friedrich von Schiller	(1787)
Singer	The Hall Johnson Choir

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Element type	Print
Item base	Acetate
Carrier type	35 mm

Size	About 60 x 80 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Size	About 70 x 100 cm

Size	Smaller than 40 x 75 cm

Script type	Dialoglista
Language	English

Black and white print	SET
Behind the scenes prints	1
Album	No

Type	Program/Reklamtryck

Type	Program folio