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".

Fred Allen

(Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"))

Anne Baxter

(Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf"))

Jeanne Crain

(Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))

Farley Granger

(Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))

Charles Laughton

(Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"))

Oscar Levant

(William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"))

Marilyn Monroe

(Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"))

Jean Peters

(Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf"))

Gregory Ratoff

(Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf"))

Dale Robertson

(Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call"))

David Wayne

(Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"))

Richard Widmark

(Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call"))

Joyce Mackenzie

Lee Aaker

(J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"))

Richard Rober

(Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call"))

Fred Kelsey

(Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))

Richard Garrick

(Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf"))

John Steinbeck

Kathleen Freeman

(Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

Irving Bacon

(Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

William Vedder

(Judge (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Thomas Browne Henry

(Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Steven Geray

(Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Warren Stevens

(Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Robert Easton

(Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

Carl Betz

(Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited))

Herb Vigran

(Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Harry Hayden

(A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Fritz Feld

(Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Sig Ruman

(Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Frank Jaquet

(Butcher (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

House Peters

(Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Street Extra/Roominghouse Extra/Office Worker at Crump's)

Marjorie Holliday

(Cashier (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Pat Flaherty

(Irish Cop (Prologue) (uncredited))

Robert Foulk

(Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Everett Glass

(Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Norman Leavitt

(Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

Jack Mather

(Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Frank Mills

(Man Being Booked (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Martha Wentworth

(Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Ava Norring

(Girl (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Gloria Gordon

(Ellie Mae (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

A. Cameron Grant

(Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Tom Greenway

(Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Thomas Browne Henry

(Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Bert Hicks

(Sheldon Sidney (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Jimmie Horan

(Bookkeeper (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Richard Hylton

(Bill (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Richard Karlan

(Headwaiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Don Kohler

(Secretary (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Ann Kunde

(Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

Nick Lekaj

(Owner (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

David McMahon

(Cop (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Tyler McVey

(O. Henry (Prologue) (uncredited))

Alfred Mizner

(Storekeeper (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

William J. O'Brien

(Hotel Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Stuart Randall

(Detective (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Henry Slate

(Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Bert Stevens

(Street Extra / Roominghouse Extra / Office Worker (uncredited))

Harry Tenbrook

(Bar Customer (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

Beverly Thompson

(Girl (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Philip Tonge

(Umbrella Man (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Phil Tully

(Guard (Prologue) (uncredited))

Ernö Verebes

(Waiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Ruth Warren

(Neighbor (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited))

Billy Wayne

(Bystander (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Will Wright

(Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

May Wynn

(Mother (Prologue) (uncredited))

Richard Allan

(Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited))

Phil Arnold

(Convict (Prologue) (uncredited))

Warner Baxter

(Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited))

Carl Betz

(Jimmie Valentine (Prologue) (uncredited))

Harry Carter

(Cop in Park (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))

Robert Cherry

(Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited))

Abe Dinovitch

(Barney (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited))

James Flavin

(Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited))