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