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