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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

1h 16m | PG-13

⭐ 6.667 / 10

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: Edward F. Cline

Studio: Universal Pictures

Genre: Comedy

Video: 720p

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Cast

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

as Larson E. Whipsnade

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Cheerful

Constance Moore

Constance Moore

as Victoria Whipsnade

John Arledge

John Arledge

as Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush

James Bush

as Roger Bel-Goodie