Cast
Fred Allen (Samuel Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"))Anne Baxter (Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf"))Jeanne Crain (Della Young (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))Farley Granger (Jim Young (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"))Dale Robertson (Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call"))David Wayne (Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem"))Richard Widmark (Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call"))Joyce Mackenzie (Hazel Woods (segment "The Clarion Call"))Lee Aaker (J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief"))Richard Rober (Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call"))Fred Kelsey (Mr. Schultz)Richard Garrick (Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf"))Richard Allan (Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi"))
Directors
Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Henry Koster, Jean Negulesco
Synopsis
John Steinbeck introduces a quintet of five of O. Henry's most celebrated stories from his New York Period (1902-1910) in this anthology film.
