O. Henry's Full House | NettMovies

Synopsis

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critics' acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

Cast

Fred Allen

Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Anne Baxter

Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Jeanne Crain

Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Farley Granger

Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Charles Laughton

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Oscar Levant

William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Marilyn Monroe

Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Jean Peters

Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Gregory Ratoff

Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

Dale Robertson

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

David Wayne

Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Richard Widmark

Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

Joyce Mackenzie

Lee Aaker

J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Richard Rober

Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")

Fred Kelsey

Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Richard Garrick

Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")

John Steinbeck

Narrator

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

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William Vedder

Judge (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Will Wright

Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Steven Geray

Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)