O. Henry's Full House
A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
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".
Director Henry Hathaway, Jean Negulesco, Henry King, Howard Hawks, Henry Koster
Trailer
Cast
Charles Laughton
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Fred Allen
Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Norman Leavitt
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Jack Mather
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Gregory Ratoff
Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
John Steinbeck
Narrator
House Peters
Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Carl Betz
Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited), Jimmie Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Fritz Feld
Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
May Wynn
Mother (Prologue) (uncredited)
Phil Arnold
Convict (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Marilyn Monroe
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Richard Widmark
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Farley Granger
Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Fred Kelsey
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
David McMahon
Cop (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
O. Henry (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Anne Baxter
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Oscar Levant
William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Frank Mills
Man Being Booked (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bar Customer (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Warren Stevens
Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Martha Wentworth
Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Richard Karlan
Headwaiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Richard Garrick
Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")
Billy Wayne
Bystander (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Harry Hayden
A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Dale Robertson
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Jean Peters
Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Steven Geray
Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Bookkeeper (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")
Ruth Warren
Neighbor (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Sig Ruman
Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Irish Cop (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Richard Hylton
Bill (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
James Flavin
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Everett Glass
Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Jeanne Crain
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Gloria Gordon
Ellie Mae (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Stuart Randall
Detective (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes
Waiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Richard Allan
Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Will Wright
Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited), Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited), Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
David Wayne
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Herb Vigran
Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Henry Slate
Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Harry Carter
Cop in Park (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Robert Easton
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Philip Tonge
Umbrella Man (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)