Hard to Die
O. Henry's Full House
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 LaughtonSoapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Marilyn MonroeStreetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
David WayneHorace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
Dale RobertsonBarney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")
Richard WidmarkJohnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")
Anne BaxterJoanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Jean PetersSusan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")
Gregory RatoffBehrman (segment "The Last Leaf")
Fred AllenSam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Oscar LevantWilliam Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
Jeanne CrainDella (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
Farley GrangerJim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")Where to watch
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