You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

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Released:
1939-02-17

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.

Directors:
George Marshall, Edward F. Cline

Runtime:
1h 16min

Genre:
Comedy

  • Cast:
  • W.C. Fields
    as
    Larson E. Whipsnade
  • Edgar Bergen
    as
    The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
    as
    Cheerful
  • Constance Moore
    as
    Victoria Whipsnade
  • John Arledge
    as
    Phineas Whipsnade