1952 anthology film features five short stories by O. Henry, each introduced by author John Steinbeck. Each story is crafted by a different famous director, with a diverse cast that includes Marilyn Monroe, Charles Laughton, Anne Baxter, Fred Allen, and others. Among the stories is the well-known Christmas parable "The Gift of the Magi."
Director: Henry Hathaway
Director: Henry King
Director: Henry Koster
Director: Howard Hawks
Director: Jean Negulesco
Producer: André Hakim
Actor: Charles Laughton
Actor: Marilyn Monroe
Actor: David Wayne
Actor: Thomas Browne Henry
Actor: Harry Carter
Actor: Robert Foulk
Actor: Tom Greenway
Actor: Dale Robertson
Actor: Richard Widmark
Actor: Anne Baxter
Actor: Fred Allen
Actor: Alfred Mizner
Actor: Bert Hicks
Actor: Frank Cusack
Actor: House Peters Jr.
Actor: John Steinbeck
Actor: Richard Allen
Actor: Sig Rumann
Actor: Tom Browne Henry
Actor: Philip Tonge
Actor: Richard Karlan
Actor: Erno Verebes
Actor: William Vedder
Actor: Billy Wayne
Actor: Nico Lek
Actor: James Flavin
Actor: Jack Mather
Actor: Marjorie Holliday
Actor: Joyce MacKenzie
Actor: Richard Rober
Actor: Ava Norring
Actor: Will Wright
Actor: House Peters Sr.
Actor: Stuart Randall
Actor: Abe Dinovitch
Actor: David McMahon
Actor: A. Cameron Grant
Actor: Henry Slate
Actor: Herb Vigran
Actor: Don Kohler
Actor: William J. O'Brien
Actor: Jean Peters
Actor: Gregory Ratoff
Actor: Richard Garrick
Actor: Steven Geray
Actor: Warren Stevens
Actor: Martha Wentworth
Actor: Ruth Warren
Actor: Beverly Thompson
Actor: Hal Smith
Actor: Oscar Levant
Actor: Lee Aaker
Actor: Irving Bacon
Actor: Kathleen Freeman
Actor: Gloria Gordon
Actor: Robert Easton
Actor: Robert Cherry
Actor: Norman Leavitt
Actor: Jeanne Crain
Actor: Farley Granger
Actor: Fred Kelsey
Actor: Sig Ruman
Actor: Harry Hayden
Actor: Richard Hylton
Actor: Richard Allan
Actor: Fritz Feld
Actor: Frank Jaquet
Actor: Tyler McVey
Actor: Phil Tully
Actor: Carl Betz
Actor: Donna Lee Hickey
Actor: Phil Arnold