O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

117 mins | Drama | Aug. 7, 1952

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's 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".

O. Henry's Full House

117 mins | Drama | Aug. 7, 1952

O. Henry's Full House
Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's 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".
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers 20th Century Fox
Original title O. Henry's Full House
Directors Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco, Howard Hawks
Writers Walter Bullock, Richard L. Breen, Ben Roberts, Ivan Goff, Lamar Trotti

Cast

Marilyn Monroe

as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

John Steinbeck

as Narrator

Charles Laughton

as Soapy (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")

Kathleen Freeman

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

Irving Bacon

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

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)

Robert Easton

as Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Carl Betz

as Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

as Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

as A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Fritz Feld

as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Sig Ruman

as Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

as Butcher (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

House Peters

as Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Bert Stevens

as Street Extra/Roominghouse Extra/Office Worker at Crump's

Marjorie Holliday

as Cashier (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)