

O. Henry's Full House
A dozen top stars - five famed directors bring you the best stories of O. Henry!
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".
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- English
- anthology
- bum
- based on short story
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United StatesUS
- PremiereGreensboro, North Carolina7 Aug 1952
- TheatricalLos Angeles, California18 Sept 1952
- Theatrical16 Oct 1952
United KingdomGB
- TheatricalU27 Oct 1952
BrazilBR
- TheatricalL13 Feb 1953
JapanJP
- TheatricalG20 Jun 1953
PortugalPT
- Theatrical13 Apr 1953
SwedenSE
- Theatrical1521 Nov 1952
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O. Henry's Full House was released on 18 September 1952.
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CinemaSerf
11/3/2024
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 amiability and mischief to him, especially when he alights on the down on her…
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