Cast
Fred Allen
Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "Th...
Anne Baxter
Joanna Goodwin (segment "The L...
Jeanne Crain
Della (segment "The Gift of th...
Farley Granger
Jim (segment "The Gift of the ...
Charles Laughton
Soapy (segment "The Cop and th...
Oscar Levant
William Smith (segment "The Ra...
Marilyn Monroe
Streetwalker (segment "The Cop...
Jean Peters
Susan Goodwin (segment "The La...
Gregory Ratoff
Behrman (segment "The Last Lea...
Dale Robertson
Barney Woods (segment "The Cla...
David Wayne
Horace (segment "The Cop and t...
Richard Widmark
Johnny Kernan (segment "The Cl...
Lee Aaker
J.B. Dorset (segment "The Rans...
Richard Rober
Chief of Detectives (segment "...
Fred Kelsey
Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift...
Richard Garrick
Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf...
John Steinbeck
Narrator
Kathleen Freeman
Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Rans...
Irving Bacon
Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The...
William Vedder
Judge (segment "The Cop and th...
Will Wright
Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The...
Thomas Browne Henry
Café Manager (segment "The Cop...
Steven Geray
Boris Radolf (segment "The Las...
Warren Stevens
Druggist (segment "The Last Le...
Robert Easton
Yokel (segment "The Ransom of ...
Carl Betz
Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prol...
Herb Vigran
Poker Player (segment "The Cla...
Harry Hayden
A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift ...
Fritz Feld
Maurice (segment "The Gift of ...
Details
Status
Released
Original language
en
Countries
US
Reviews
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 luck lady of the night (Marilyn Monroe). Sadly for him, though...
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