O. Henry's Full House

Plot Summary

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".

Top Cast

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")