خلاصه داستان : این فیلم مجموعه‌ای از پنج داستان از جان اشتاین‌بک است که بر اساس داستان‌های معروف O. Henry ساخته شده است. این داستان‌ها در دوران نیویورک اشتاین‌بک (1902-1910) اتفاق می‌افتد....

Five O. Henry stories, each separate. The primary one from the critic's acclaim was "The Cop and the Anthem". Soapy tells fellow bum Horace that he is going to get arrested so he can spend the winter in a nice jail cell. He fails. He can't even accost a woman; she turns out to be a streetwalker. The other stories are "The Clarion Call", "The Last Leaf", "The Ransom of Red Chief", and "The Gift of the Magi".

خلاصه داستان : در داستانهای مختلف،پنج زوج متوجه می شوند که به طور قانونی ازدواج نکرده اند...

A Justice of the Peace performed weddings a few days before his license was valid. A few years later five couples learn they have never been legally married.