Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Marilyn Monroe

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Charles Laughton

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

Fred Allen

Narrator

John Steinbeck

Joanna Goodwin

Anne Baxter

Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

David Wayne

Della

Jeanne Crain

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Dale Robertson

Jim

Farley Granger

Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

Richard Widmark

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

Oscar Levant

Susan Goodwin

Jean Peters

Behrman

Gregory Ratoff

Hazel

Joyce Mackenzie

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

Lee Aaker

Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")

Richard Rober

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

Fred Kelsey

Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")

Richard Garrick

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

Kathleen Freeman

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

Irving Bacon

Judge

William Vedder

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

Will Wright

Café Manager

Thomas B. Henry

Boris Radolf

Steven Geray

Druggist

Warren Stevens

Yokel

Robert Easton

Jimmy Valentine

Carl Betz

Poker Player

Herbert Vigran

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

Herb Vigran

A.J. Crump

Harry Hayden

Maurice

Fritz Feld

Menkie

Sig Ruman

Butcher

Frank Jaquet

Dave Bascom

House Peters Sr.

Street Extra

Bert Stevens

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

House Peters

Cashier

Marjorie Holliday

Irish Cop

Pat Flaherty

Cop

Robert C. Foulk

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

Robert Foulk

Desk Clerk

Everett Glass

Yokel

Norman Leavitt

Cop

Jack Mather

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

Frank Mills

Mrs. O'Brien

Martha Wentworth

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

Ava Norring

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

Gloria Gordon

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

A. Cameron Grant

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

Tom Greenway

Sheldon Sidney

Bert Hicks

Bookkeeper

James W. Horan

Bill

Richard Hylton

Headwaiter

Richard Karlan

Secretary

Don Kohler

Yokel

Anne Kunde

O. Henry

Tyler McVey

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

David McMahon

Storekeeper

Alfred Mizner

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

William J. O'Brien

Detective

Stuart Randall

Bascom

House Peters, Jr.

Poker Player

Henry Slate

Bar Customer

Harry Tenbrook

Girl

Beverly Thompson

Umbrella Man

Philip Tonge

Guard

Phil Tully

Waiter

Erno Verebes

Neighbor

Ruth Warren

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

Ernö Verebes

Bystander

Billy Wayne

Mother

May Wynn

Pete

Richard Allan

Convict

Phil Arnold

Cisco Kid

Warner Baxter

Cop in Park

Harry Carter

Yokel

Robert Cherry

Barney

Abe Dinovitch

Cop

James Flavin