O. Henry's Full House
movie
A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
Released August 07, 1952
Overview
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".
Cast
Fred Allen
as
Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Anne Baxter
as
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jeanne Crain
as
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley Granger
as
Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Charles Laughton
as
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Oscar Levant
as
William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Marilyn Monroe
as
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Jean Peters
as
Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory Ratoff
as
Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Dale Robertson
as
Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
David Wayne
as
Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Richard Widmark
as
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Crew
Henry Hathaway
as
Director
Howard Hawks
as
Director
Henry King
as
Director
Henry Koster
as
Director
Jean Negulesco
as
Director
Lamar Trotti
as
Screenplay
Richard L. Breen
as
Screenplay
Ivan Goff
as
Screenplay
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Ben Roberts
as
Screenplay
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Walter Bullock
as
Screenplay
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André Hakim
as
Producer
Alfred Newman
as
Original Music Composer