Bibliograph

Full house, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by Andre Hakim ; screen plays by Richard Breen ... [et al.] ; directed by Henry Hathaway ... [et al.]

Type

Label

Full house, Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by Andre Hakim ; screen plays by Richard Breen ... [et al.] ; directed by Henry Hathaway ... [et al.]

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Rating: Not rated

Main title

Full house

Oclc number

801844187

Responsibility statement

Twentieth Century Fox presents ; produced by Andre Hakim ; screen plays by Richard Breen ... [et al.] ; directed by Henry Hathaway ... [et al.]

Runtime

117

Series statement

The premiere collection, 7

Summary

John Steinbeck introduces five of O. Henry's most popular short stores in this anthology film. In "The Cop and the Anthem" a homeless alcoholic is increasingly frustrated in numerous attempts to get arrested and jailed for 90 days in a warm cell rather than face the rigors of a New York winter. In "The Clarion Call" a NYPD detective has a crisis of conscience when he is torn between his duty to arrest a childhood friend for a murder only he knows he committed and the debt of honor he still owes to him. In "The Last Leaf" a naive young girl is stricken with pneumonia after being seduced and jilted by venal actor. When she loses her will to live, her devoted sister and an eccentric Greenwich Village artist try to help her to survive. In "The Ransom of Red Chief" two bumbling con men kidnap the son of a rural sheriff for ransom but find they've taken on more than they can handle. Finally, in "The Gift of the Magi" an impoverished but devoted young couple struggle to pay for Christmas gifts worthy of their mutual love

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

O. Henry's full house

Classification