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