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