Drama Comedy
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".
Directed by
Henry Hathaway, Jean Negulesco, Howard Hawks, Henry Koster, Henry King
Richard Widmark
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard Allan
Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Irish Cop (Prologue) (uncredited)
Anne Baxter
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Dale Robertson
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Norman Leavitt
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Steven Geray
Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Philip Tonge
Umbrella Man (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)
Fritz Feld
Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Lee Aaker
J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Marilyn Monroe
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Irving Bacon
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Charles Laughton
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
May Wynn
Mother (Prologue) (uncredited)
Farley Granger
Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Stuart Randall
Detective (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
David Wayne
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Warren Stevens
Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Fred Allen
Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Bert Stevens
Street Extra/Roominghouse Extra/Office Worker at Crump's
Robert Easton
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Will Wright
Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Warner Baxter
Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
Carl Betz
Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bar Customer (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Jean Peters
Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jeanne Crain
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
James Flavin
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Robert Foulk
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Herb Vigran
Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Ruth Warren
Neighbor (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Gloria Gordon
Ellie Mae (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Ernö Verebes
Waiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Tyler McVey
O. Henry (Prologue) (uncredited)
Richard Garrick
Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")
Sig Ruman
Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Joyce Mackenzie
Ava Norring
Girl (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Billy Wayne
Bystander (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)
Phil Arnold
Convict (Prologue) (uncredited)
Gregory Ratoff
Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jack Mather
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Everett Glass
Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Richard Rober
Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")
Harry Hayden
A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Henry Slate
Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Oscar Levant
William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Richard Karlan
Headwaiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
House Peters
Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Bookkeeper (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Richard Hylton
Bill (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
William Vedder
Judge (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Frank Jaquet
Butcher (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
Marjorie Holliday
Cashier (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
A. Cameron Grant
Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Tom Greenway
Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Bert Hicks
Sheldon Sidney (segment "The Last Leaf") (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)
Alfred Mizner
Storekeeper (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
William J. O'Brien
Hotel Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Beverly Thompson
Girl (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Phil Tully
Guard (Prologue) (uncredited)
Robert Cherry
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Abe Dinovitch
Barney (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

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