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")