O. Henry's Full House(1952)

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

67

1h 57m

  • Drama,
  • Comedy

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

    Fred Allen

    Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

  • Anne Baxter

    Anne Baxter

    Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

  • Jeanne Crain

    Jeanne Crain

    Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

  • Farley Granger

    Farley Granger

    Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

  • Charles Laughton

    Charles Laughton

    Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

  • Oscar Levant

    Oscar Levant

    William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

  • Marilyn Monroe

    Marilyn Monroe

    Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

  • Jean Peters

    Jean Peters

    Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

  • Gregory Ratoff

    Gregory Ratoff

    Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

  • Dale Robertson

    Dale Robertson

    Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

  • David Wayne

    David Wayne

    Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

  • Richard Widmark

    Richard Widmark

    Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

  • Joyce Mackenzie

    Joyce Mackenzie

  • Lee Aaker

    Lee Aaker

    J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

  • Richard Rober

    Richard Rober

    Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")

  • Fred Kelsey

    Fred Kelsey

    Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

  • Richard Garrick

    Richard Garrick

    Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")

  • John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck

    Narrator

  • Kathleen Freeman

    Kathleen Freeman

    Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

  • Irving Bacon

    Irving Bacon

    Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

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    Status

    Released (Aug 7, 1952)

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