O. Henry's Full House (1952)

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry! 1952-08-07 United States of America 117 Min. PG-13
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Overview

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 is Sam
Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Anne Baxter is Joanna Goodwin (segment
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jeanne Crain is Della (segment
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley Granger is Jim (segment
Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Charles Laughton is Soapy (segment
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Oscar Levant is William Smith (segment
William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Marilyn Monroe is Streetwalker (segment
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Jean Peters is Susan Goodwin (segment
Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory Ratoff is Behrman (segment
Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Dale Robertson is Barney Woods (segment
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
David Wayne is Horace (segment
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Richard Widmark is Johnny Kernan (segment
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")