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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!
Feb 17, 1939 · 1h 16m
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Comedy

PLOT

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

W.C. Fields
Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen
The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Cheerful
Constance Moore
Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge
Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush
Roger Bel-Goodie
Thurston Hall
Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Directed by Edward F. Cline

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Production
Universal Pictures
Country
US

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