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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
★ 7.0/10•1939•1h 16m•NR•Comedy

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.

Everett Freeman · Screenplay

Edward F. Cline · Director

Richard Mack · Screenplay

George Marion Jr. · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 16m
LanguageEN
Release DateFeb 17, 1939

Actors

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

Princess Baba

Princess Baba

Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Charlie McCarthy

Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

Mortimer Snerd

Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)

Blacaman

Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Dorothy Arnold

Dorothy Arnold

1st Debutante (uncredited)

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