You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
6.9
“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.
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Cast
84 people
W.C. Fields
Larson E. Whipsnade
Known for
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George Offerman Jr.
Western Union Man
Edgar Bergen
The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
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I Remember Mama
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Cheerful
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The New Scooby-Doo Movies
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Constance Moore
Victoria Whipsnade
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Buck Rogers
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John Arledge
Phineas Whipsnade
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The Grapes of Wrath
Strange Cargo
James Bush
Roger Bel-Goodie
Also in
The Big Noise
Hangmen Also Die!
Thurston Hall
Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Known for
The Secret Life of Walter Mitty
The Black Room
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Known for
The Awful Truth
You Can't Take It with You
Edward Brophy
Corbett
Known for
The Thin Man
Mad Love
Arthur Hohl
Burr
Known for
Island of Lost Souls
The Whole Town's Talking
Princess Baba
Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Known for
The Charge of the Light Brigade
Edward F. Cline Director · George Marshall Director Everett Freeman Screenplay
United States release February 17, 1939 · Produced in United States
Production
Universal Pictures
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United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · February 17, 1939
Theatrical
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