La Sarabande des pantins

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)