O. Henry's Full House (1952)
- Starring:
- Charles Laughton, Marilyn Monroe, (more)
- Director(s):
- Henry King, Jean Negulesco, (more
- Category:
- Comedy
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This anthology film assembles five respected directors and a top-notch cast to bring a handful of stories by the great American author O. Henry to the screen. In The Cop and the Anthem, a tramp named Soapy (Charles Laughton) tries to get arrested so that he can spend the winter in jail, only to find that is not as easy as it used to be. Marilyn Monroe appears in this episode as a streetwalker. The Clarion Call features Dale Robertson as Barney, a cop forced to arrest an old friend, Johnny (Richard Widmark). Anne Baxter stars in The Last Leaf as Joanna, an elderly woman who sees her own illness reflected in the fall of the autumn leaves; she's convinced that when the last leaf drops from the tree outside her window, her life will go with it. The Ransom of Red Chief concerns Sam (Fred Allen) and Bill (Oscar Levant), two novice kidnappers who kidnap a child, only to discover that his parents don't want him back -- and after a few hours with the brat, they find out why. And The Gift of the Magi tells the story of a pair of cash-strapped newlyweds, Della (Jeanne Craine) and Jim (Farley Granger), who struggle to get each other the perfect Christmas gift, with unexpected results. John Steinbeck narrates. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
- Theatrical Feature Running Time:
- 118 mins
Complete Cast:
- Charles Laughton - Soapy, The Cop and the Anthem
- David Wayne - Horace, The Cop and the Anthem
- Anne Baxter - Joanna, The Last Leaf
- Fred Allen - Sam, The Ransom of the Red Chief
- Joyce MacKenzie - Hazel
- Jean Peters - Susan, The Last Leaf
- Richard Garrick - Doctor, The Last Leaf
- Lee Aaker - J.B.
- Fred Kelsey - Santa Claus, The Gift of the Magi
- Frank Cusack - Waiter
- James Flavin - Cop
- Alfred Mizner - Storekeeper (uncredited)
- Nico Lek - Owner
- Richard Karlan - Headwaiter
- Richard Hylton - Bill
- Bert Hicks - Sheldon Sidney
- Tom Browne Henry - Manager
- Will Wright - Manager
- Billy Wayne - Bystander
- Erno Verebes - Waiter
- Phil Tully - Guard
- Beverly Thompson - Girl
- Sig Rumann - Menkie
- House Peters, Jr. - Bascom
- Steven Geray - Radolf
- Fritz Feld - Maurice
- Irving Bacon - Mr. Dorset
- Marilyn Monroe - Streetwalker, The Cop and the Anthem
- Richard Widmark - Johnny Kernan, The Clarion Call
- Dale Robertson - Barney Woods, The Clarion Call
- Jeanne Crain - Della, The Gift of the Magi
- Richard Rober - Chief of Detectives, The Clarion Call
- Gregory Ratoff - Behrman, The Last Leaf
- Oscar Levant - Bill, The Ransom of the Red Chief
- Farley Granger - Jim, The Gift of the Magi
- Hal Smith - Dandy
- Robert Easton - Yokel
- Harry Hayden - Mr. Crump
- Tyler McVey - O. Henry
- Norman Leavitt - Yokel
- Frank Jaquet - Butcher
- Marjorie Holliday - Cashier
- Richard Allen - Pete [uncredited]
- Warren Stevens - Druggist
- Martha Wentworth - Mrs. O'Brien
- Ruth Warren - Neighbor
- William Vedder - Judge
- Philip Tonge - Man with Umbrella
- John Steinbeck - Narrator
- Stuart Randall - Detective
- Gloria Gordon - Ellie Mae
- Kathleen Freeman - Mrs. Dorset (uncredited)
- Abe Dinovitch - Bartender
- Robert Cherry
- Director(s):
- Jean Negulesco, Henry Hathaway, Henry Koster
- Writer(s):
- Nunnally Johnson, Lamar Johnson, Richard L. Breen
- Producer(s):
- André Hakim
- Categories:
- Comedy
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