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Movie · 1952

O. Henry's Full House

Released 18 September 1952 More from 1952 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

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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How old were they?

Oldest first
Richard Garrick
as Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")
73
Martha Wentworth
as Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
63
Warner Baxter
as Cisco Kid ((Prologue) (archive footage)) (uncredited)
Died aged 62, before release
Frank Mills
as Man Being Booked (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
61
Will Wright
as Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
58
Will Wright
as Manager (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
58
Charles Laughton
as Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")
53
Fritz Feld
as Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
51
Steven Geray
as Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
47
Thomas Browne Henry
as Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
44
Thomas Browne Henry
as Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)
44
Stuart Randall
as Detective (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
43
Phil Arnold
as Convict (Prologue) (uncredited)
43
Richard Rober
as Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")
Died aged 42, before release
Warren Stevens
as Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)
32
Carl Betz
as Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)
31
Carl Betz
as Jimmie Valentine (Prologue) (uncredited)
31
Richard Allan
as Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)
29
Farley Granger
as Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")
27
Joyce Mackenzie
26
Lee Aaker
as J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")
8
Ava Norring
as Girl (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)
Unknown
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
65years between the oldest and youngest billed
73Richard Garrick — oldest on the call sheet
8Lee Aaker — youngest billed
44average age of the credited cast
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