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