"The Cop and the Anthem" stars Charles Laughton as Soapy, who decides it's time for his annual winter spell in prison, but fails to get arrested. In "The Clarion Call," Dale Robertson and Richard Widmark star as a detective who arrests a murderer he knew from the past due to an outstanding debt. The story "The Last Leaf" stars Anne Baxter as Joanna Goodwin, a poor old painter saves her life by giving her the will to live, while in "The Ransom of Red Chief," Fred Allen and Oscar Levant play con men who kidnap a child to collect ransom. In "The Gift of the Magi," Jeanne Crain and Farley Granger star as a couple who give each other gifts that ultimately prove useless but symbolize their love for each other.