O. Henry's Full House (1952)

  • NR
  • 08/07/1952 (US)
  • Drama, Comedy
  • 1h 57m

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

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".

Henry King

Director

Howard Hawks

Director

Ben Roberts

Screenplay

Ivan Goff

Screenplay

Henry Koster

Director

Jean Negulesco

Director

Henry Hathaway

Director

Richard L. Breen

Screenplay

Walter Bullock

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Screenplay

Cast

Fred Allen's headshot

Fred Allen

Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Anne Baxter's headshot

Anne Baxter

Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jeanne Crain's headshot

Jeanne Crain

Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley Granger's headshot

Farley Granger

Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Charles Laughton's headshot

Charles Laughton

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Oscar Levant's headshot

Oscar Levant

William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Marilyn Monroe's headshot

Marilyn Monroe

Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Jean Peters's headshot

Jean Peters

Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

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