Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra Interviewer: Why didn’t you stick with the original ending of Meet John Doe, where Doe wins and converts the villains at the fade out like Deeds and Smith? Capra: The trouble was, here we didn’t start with a Mr. Deeds or Mr. Smith. We started with a bum who had no value whatsoever. Frank Capra, Interview, 1972 | History of Cinema