O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

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

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".

Date of release
1952-09-18
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (48)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Comedy, Drama
Director
Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco

Casting

  • 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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