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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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Calorie Rating: 107
Released: 1939-02-17
MPAA Rating: NR
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Studios: Universal Pictures,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

W.C. Fields
Character: Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen
Character: The Great Edgar
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Character: Cheerful

Constance Moore
Character: Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge
Character: Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush
Character: Roger Bel-Goodie

Thurston Hall
Character: Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes
Character: Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Edward Brophy
Character: Corbett

Arthur Hohl
Character: Burr
Princess Baba
Character: Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Charlie McCarthy
Character: Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

Mortimer Snerd
Character: Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
Blacaman
Character: Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Character: Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Dorothy Arnold
Character: 1st Debutante (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Character: Jailer (uncredited)
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Character: Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Character: Woman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford
Character: Riding Master (uncredited)
Richard Clucas
Character: Little Boy (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Character: Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)

Evelyn Del Rio
Character: Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
Character: Barker (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
Character: Contortionist (uncredited)

Jan Duggan
Character: Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Character: Cop (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Character: Circus Attendant

Jack Gardner
Character: Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
Character: Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Jennifer Gray
Character: 3rd Debutante (uncredited)

Bobby Hale
Character: Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Ted Hardy
Character: Russian Circus Performer (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson
Character: Butler (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Character: Mayor (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Character: Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Frank Jenks
Character: Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Character: Hillbilly (uncredited)
Tiny Jones
Character: Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Kenney
Character: Barker (uncredited)
Joe King
Character: Policeman (uncredited)
Ivan Lebedeff
Character: Ronnie (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
Character: Blonde at Party (uncredited)
Jimmie Lucas
Character: Barker (uncredited)
Kathryn Marlowe
Character: 2nd Debutante (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Frank Melton
Character: First Yokel (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Character: Judge (uncredited)
Ray Moyer
Character: Fire Eater (uncredited)

Byron Munson
Character: Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Character: Lon - Roustabout (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Character: Cop with Judge (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.
Character: Western Union Man (uncredited)
David Oliver
Character: Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)
George Ovey
Character: Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
Character: Sheriff (uncredited)
June Preston
Character: Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing (uncredited)
Ralph Sanford
Character: Truck Driver (uncredited)

Harry Stafford
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Grady Sutton
Character: Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)
Ferris Taylor
Character: Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Don Terry
Character: Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)
Walter Tetley
Character: Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)
Edward Thomas
Character: Bel-Goodie Butler (uncredited)

Lelah Tyler
Character: Society Woman / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Minerva Urecal
Character: Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)
Dale Van Sickel
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Russell Wade
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Beryl Wallace
Character: Girl (uncredited)
Delmar Watson
Character: Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Bill Wolfe
Character: Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant (uncredited)
Edward Woolf
Character: Thin Man (uncredited)

Bill Worth
Character: Elwood - World's Largest Midget (uncredited)
Arthur Yeoman
Character: Barker (uncredited)
Duke York
Character: Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington
Character: Party Guest (uncredited)
Hazel Dohlman
Character: Wedding Guest (uncredited)


Production and Crew

Richard Mack
Screenplay

Milton Krasner
Director of Photography