You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

  • NR
  • 02/17/1939 (US)
  • Comedy
  • 1h 16m

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.

George Marshall

Director

Edward F. Cline

Director

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

Richard Mack

Screenplay

George Marion Jr.

Screenplay

W.C. Fields

Story

Cast

W.C. Fields's headshot

W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen's headshot

Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson's headshot

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Cheerful
Constance Moore's headshot

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge's headshot

John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush's headshot

James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie
Thurston Hall's headshot

Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes's headshot

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

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