You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

02/17/1939 (US) • 1h 16m

Comedy

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.

Top Billed Cast

W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade

Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie

Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

elephant

circus

sideshow

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