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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939 6.9 (20 votes) 1h 16m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Universal Pictures

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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

Overview

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.

Key Crew

Screenplay: Everett Freeman, Richard Mack, George Marion Jr.

Director: Edward F. Cline, George Marshall

Story: W.C. Fields

Director of Photography: Milton Krasner

Top 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

Videos

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

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