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