O. Henry's Full House
A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
6.9(47) 1952-09-18 117 minComedyDrama
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".
DirectorHenry Hathaway
DirectorHenry King
DirectorHoward Hawks
DirectorHenry Koster
ScreenplayBen Roberts
ScreenplayLamar Trotti
ScreenplayRichard L. Breen
ScreenplayWalter Bullock
Cast & characters
Charles Laughton
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn Monroe
as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
David Wayne
as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Dale Robertson
as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard Widmark
as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Anne Baxter
as Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jean Peters
as Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory Ratoff
as Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Fred Allen
as Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Oscar Levant
as William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Jeanne Crain
as Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley Granger
as Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Lee Aaker
as J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Richard Rober
as Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")
Fred Kelsey
as Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Richard Garrick
as Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")
John Steinbeck
as Narrator
Kathleen Freeman
as Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
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William Vedder
as Judge (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Will Wright
as Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Thomas Browne Henry
as Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
Steven Geray
as Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
Warren Stevens
as Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
