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!

19391h 16mComedy
7.0

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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.

Cast

W.C. FieldsW.C. FieldsLarson E. Whipsnade
Edgar BergenEdgar BergenThe Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Eddie 'Rochester' AndersonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonCheerful
Constance MooreConstance MooreVictoria Whipsnade
John ArledgeJohn ArledgePhineas Whipsnade
James BushJames BushRoger Bel-Goodie
Thurston HallThurston HallMr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary ForbesMary ForbesMrs. Bel-Goodie
Edward BrophyEdward BrophyCorbett
Arthur HohlArthur HohlBurr
Princess BabaPrincess BabaPrincess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Charlie McCarthyCharlie (ventriloquist dummy)

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DirectorEdward F. Cline

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Release DateFebruary 17, 1939
LanguagesEnglish
StudiosUniversal Pictures
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