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O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House

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

19526.81h 57m

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".

Directed by Henry Hathaway
Written by Lamar Trotti, Richard L. Breen, Ivan Goff
Produced by André Hakim
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Top Cast

Fred Allen

Fred Allen

Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Anne Baxter

Anne Baxter

Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Jeanne Crain

Jeanne Crain

Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Farley Granger

Farley Granger

Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Charles Laughton

Charles Laughton

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Oscar Levant

Oscar Levant

William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe

Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Jean Peters

Jean Peters

Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Gregory Ratoff

Gregory Ratoff

Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

Dale Robertson

Dale Robertson

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Themes & Keywords

anthologybumbased on short story

About O. Henry's Full House

O. Henry's Full House is a drama, comedy film released in 1952 exploring themes of anthology, bum, based on short story. Directed by Henry Hathaway, it stars Fred Allen, Anne Baxter, Jeanne Crain. 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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