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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Charles Laughton as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn Monroe as Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
David Wayne as Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Dale Robertson as Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard Widmark as Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
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