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