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