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

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