You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939

76 min

6.7

Ends at

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.

Budget

$0

Genre

Comedy

Director

Edward F. Cline

Country

United States of America

Cast & Crew

W.C. Fields

Edgar Bergen

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Constance Moore

John Arledge

James Bush

Thurston Hall

Mary Forbes

Edward Brophy

Arthur Hohl

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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.

  • W.C. Fields

  • Edgar Bergen

  • Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

  • Constance Moore

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