Fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from "John Doe," a fictional unemployed man threatening suicide over social ills. The stunt leads to her rehiring and the hiring of John Willoughby to impersonate "Doe." The made-up philosophy gains momentum, sparking a social movement, but Ann's boss, D.B. Norton, has a hidden agenda.
Meet John Doe
A struggling vagabond is enlisted by a determined journalist to pose as a fictional individual who claimed to be planning a self-sacrificial protest, sparking a powerful social movement.
