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O. Henry's Full House (1952)

O. Henry's Full House (1952)

Drama Comedy

A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!

Release Date: 1952, August 7
Directors: Henry Koster, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Henry King, Jean Negulesco
Countries: United States of America
Production: 20th Century Fox
Cast: Kathleen Freeman, Anne Baxter, Norman Leavitt, Jeanne Crain, Jean Peters, Carl Betz, Harry Carter, Jack Mather, Stuart Randall, Bert Stevens, Irving Bacon, Thomas Browne Henry

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".

Keywords:

based on short story anthology bum