The John Doe idea may be the answer though, it may be the one thing capable of saving this world, and you sit on your fat hulks and tell me you'll kill it if you can't use it.

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11 seconds sound clip from the Meet John Doe (1941) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 01:38:31 in the DVD version of the movie.

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- That's simple, isn't it?

- Yet a thing like that has got a chance of spreading till it touches every human being in the world, and you talk about killing it.

- Well, when this fire dies down, what's going to be left? More misery, more hunger and more hate.

- And what's to prevent that from starting all over again?

- Nobody knows the answer to that and certainly not you, with those slimy, bollixed up theories you got.

- The John Doe idea may be the answer though, it may be the one thing capable of saving this world, and you sit on your fat hulks and tell me you'll kill it if you can't use it.

- Well, go ahead and try. You couldn't do it in a million years with all your radio stations and all your power

- Because it's bigger than whether I'm a fake or your ambition and bigger than all the bracelets and fur coats in the world!

- You bet it is, John.

- And that's exactly what I'm going to tell those people.

- You ungrateful rat! My uncle's been too good to...

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That 50 bucks in your pocket is beginning to show up on you already.

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Actors: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Walter Brennan, Edward Arnold, James Gleason

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