

O. Henry's Full House
1952-09-18 · 117 min · ★ 6.9
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".
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- Directors
- Henry Hathaway, Howard Hawks, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
- Production companies
- 20th Century Fox
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Charles LaughtonSoapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn MonroeStreetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
David WayneHorace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Dale RobertsonBarney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard WidmarkJohnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Anne BaxterJoanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jean PetersSusan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory RatoffBehrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Fred AllenSam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Oscar LevantWilliam Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Jeanne CrainDella (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley GrangerJim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Lee AakerJ.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Richard RoberChief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")
Fred KelseyMr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Richard GarrickDoctor (segment "The Last Leaf")
John SteinbeckNarrator
Kathleen FreemanMrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)
Irving BaconEbeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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