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