Fünf Perlen

Charles Laughton

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Marilyn Monroe

Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

David Wayne

Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Dale Robertson

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Richard Widmark

Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

Anne Baxter

Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Jean Peters

Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Gregory Ratoff

Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

Fred Allen

Sam "Slick" Brown (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Oscar Levant

William Smith (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Jeanne Crain

Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Farley Granger

Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Lee Aaker

J.B. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief")

Richard Rober

Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")

Fred Kelsey

Mr. Schultz (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Richard Garrick

Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")

John Steinbeck

Narrator

Kathleen Freeman

Mrs. Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Ebeneezer Dorset (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

William Vedder

Judge (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Will Wright

Hotel Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Thomas Browne Henry

Café Manager (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Steven Geray

Boris Radolf (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Warren Stevens

Druggist (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Robert Easton

Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Carl Betz

Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Herb Vigran

Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Harry Hayden

A.J. Crump (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Fritz Feld

Maurice (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Sig Ruman

Menkie (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Frank Jaquet

Butcher (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

House Peters

Dave Bascom (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Marjorie Holliday

Cashier (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Pat Flaherty

Irish Cop (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Robert Foulk

Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Everett Glass

Desk Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Norman Leavitt

Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Jack Mather

Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Frank Mills

Man Being Booked (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Martha Wentworth

Mrs. O'Brien (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Ava Norring

Girl (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Gloria Gordon

Ellie Mae (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

A. Cameron Grant

Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Tom Greenway

Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Bert Hicks

Sheldon Sidney (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Jimmie Horan

Bookkeeper (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Richard Hylton

Bill (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Richard Karlan

Headwaiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Don Kohler

Secretary (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Ann Kunde

Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Nick Lekaj

Owner (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

David McMahon

Cop (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Tyler McVey

O. Henry (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Alfred Mizner

Storekeeper (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

William J. O'Brien

Hotel Clerk (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Stuart Randall

Detective (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Henry Slate

Poker Player (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Bar Customer (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

Beverly Thompson

Girl (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Philip Tonge

Umbrella Man (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Phil Tully

Guard (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Ernö Verebes

Waiter (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Ruth Warren

Neighbor (segment "The Last Leaf") (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Bystander (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

May Wynn

Mother (Prologue) (uncredited)

Richard Allan

Pete (segment "The Gift of the Magi") (uncredited)

Phil Arnold

Convict (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Harry Carter

Cop in Park (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)

Robert Cherry

Yokel (segment "The Ransom of Red Chief") (uncredited)

Abe Dinovitch

Barney (segment "The Clarion Call") (uncredited)

James Flavin

Cop (segment "The Cop and the Anthem") (uncredited)