Charles Laughton (53)

Soapy (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Marilyn Monroe (26)

Streetwalker (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

David Wayne (38)

Horace (segment "The Cop and the Anthem")

Dale Robertson (29)

Barney Woods (segment "The Clarion Call")

Richard Widmark (37)

Johnny Kernan (segment "The Clarion Call")

Anne Baxter (29)

Joanna Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Jean Peters (25)

Susan Goodwin (segment "The Last Leaf")

Gregory Ratoff (55)

Behrman (segment "The Last Leaf")

Fred Allen (58)

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

Oscar Levant (45)

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

Jeanne Crain (27)

Della (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Farley Granger (27)

Jim (segment "The Gift of the Magi")

Lee Aaker (8)

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

Richard Rober (42)

Chief of Detectives (segment "The Clarion Call")

Fred Kelsey (68)

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

Richard Garrick (73)

Doctor (segment "The Last Leaf")

John Steinbeck (50)

Narrator

Kathleen Freeman (33)

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

Irving Bacon (59)

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

William Vedder (76)

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

Will Wright (58)

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

Thomas Browne Henry (44)

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

Steven Geray (47)

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

Warren Stevens (32)

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

Robert Easton (21)

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

Carl Betz (31)

Jimmy Valentine (segment "Prologue") (uncredited)

Herb Vigran (42)

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

Harry Hayden (69)

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

Fritz Feld (51)

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

Sig Ruman (67)

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