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