O. Henry's Full House

Title: O. Henry's Full House
Original Title: O. Henry's Full House
Release Date: 07/08/1952
Tagline: A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
Duration:117 Min / 01:57
Country:US
Genre:Drama Comedy

About Film

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".

Movie Rating: 6.5

Total Votes: 35

Cast

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

Anne Baxter
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Jeanne Crain
Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Farley Granger
Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Charles Laughton
Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

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

Marilyn Monroe
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Jean Peters
Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Gregory Ratoff
Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

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Reviews

Geronimo1967

7/10

A compendium of five stories from the acclaimed US writer that are all quite entertaining. It starts off with a story about "Soapy" - a wily vagrant who decides that with winter coming, it's time to get himself snuggly incarcerated for the harsh weather. Who else but Charles Laughton could get that character up and running with an avuncular...