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