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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Comedy

Release: 1939-02-17Runtime: 76 minRating: 6.8 (20)

Cast

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Cheerful

Constance Moore

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

John Arledge

John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush

James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Corbett

Arthur Hohl

Arthur Hohl

Burr

Crew

George Marion Jr.

George Marion Jr.

Screenplay

Edward F. Cline

Edward F. Cline

Director

Richard Mack

Screenplay

George Marshall

George Marshall

Director

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Story

Milton Krasner

Milton Krasner

Director of Photography

Otto Ludwig

Editor

Clips & Videos

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Original Trailer [HD]

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Original Trailer [HD]

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Joe Dante on YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN

Never ...smarten up a chump

Never ...smarten up a chump