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 (1952-08-07) |
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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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Casts
- 566290: Fred Allen - Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
- 10606: Anne Baxter - Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
- 82170: Jeanne Crain - Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
- 12497: Farley Granger - Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
- 10921: Charles Laughton - Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
- 27966: Oscar Levant - William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
- 3149: Marilyn Monroe - Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Crews
- 37360: Henry Hathaway - Director - Directing
- 11435: Howard Hawks - Director - Directing
- 37362: Henry King - Director - Directing
- 33064: Henry Koster - Director - Directing
- 19606: Jean Negulesco - Director - Directing
- 14646: Lamar Trotti - Screenplay - Writing
- 80601: Richard L. Breen - Screenplay - Writing
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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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