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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

(1939)

February 17, 1939 1h 16m
68%
TMDB Score

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.

Edward F. Cline

Director

Top Billed Cast

WF

W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade

EB

Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

E'A

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Cheerful

CM

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

JA

John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade

JB

James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie

TH

Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

MF

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

EB

Edward Brophy

Corbett

AH

Arthur Hohl

Burr

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