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