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".| Status: | Released (1952-09-18) |
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| Screen: | Lamar Trotti, Richard L. Breen, Ivan Goff |
| Productions: | 20th Century Fox |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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- 10921: Charles Laughton - Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 3149: Marilyn Monroe - Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 14831: David Wayne - Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 39549: Dale Robertson - Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
- 12149: Richard Widmark - Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
- 10606: Anne Baxter - Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
- 19216: Jean Peters - Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
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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 ....
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