O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!

1952 · 117 min · ★ 6.9 · 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 Hathaway · Written by Lamar Trotti

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Charles Laughton Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn Monroe Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
David Wayne Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Dale Robertson Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard Widmark Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Anne Baxter Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jean Peters Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory Ratoff Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Fred Allen Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Oscar Levant William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Jeanne Crain Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley Granger Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

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