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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
“AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!”
7.0 / 10• 1939• 1h 16m•NR• English
Comedy
Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
W.C. Fields
Larson E. Whipsnade
Lead
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
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward F. Cline's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
