You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
5.3
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  • Genre: Comedy
  • Running time: 76 min
  • Premiere: 17th of February 1939

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

Edgar Bergen
as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
W.C. Fields
as Larson E. Whipsnade
Dora Clement
as Woman (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Jailer (uncredited)
Don Terry
as Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Harold Miller
as Party Guest (uncredited)
Edward Brophy
as Corbett
Delmar Watson
as Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)
Mary Forbes
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Ernie Adams
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
as Truck Driver (uncredited)
Thurston Hall
as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Leyland Hodgson
as Butler (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
as Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Arthur Hohl
as Burr
John Arledge
as Phineas Whipsnade
Lee Phelps
as Sheriff (uncredited)
Duke York
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
as Blonde at Party (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
as Cop (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
as Riding Master (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
as Western Union Man (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
as Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
as Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
as Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Joe King
as Policeman (uncredited)
Florence Wix
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Russell Wade
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
George Ovey
as Circus Attendant (uncredited)
James Bush
as Roger Bel-Goodie
Eric Mayne
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
as Cop with Judge (uncredited)
Constance Moore
as Victoria Whipsnade
Frank Melton
as First Yokel (uncredited)
David Oliver
as Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)
Jan Duggan
as Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)
Ruth Cherrington
as Party Guest (uncredited)

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