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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man poster

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!

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.

Release: 1939-02-17
Runtime: 76 min
Rating: 6.8 / 10
Cast
W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields
Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen
The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Cheerful
Constance Moore
Constance Moore
Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge
John Arledge
Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush
James Bush
Roger Bel-Goodie
Thurston Hall
Thurston Hall
Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes
Mary Forbes
Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Edward Brophy
Edward Brophy
Corbett
Arthur Hohl
Arthur Hohl
Burr
Princess Baba
Princess Baba
Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
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Charlie McCarthy
Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)
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Mortimer Snerd
Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
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Blacaman
Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Ernie Adams
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Arnold
Dorothy Arnold
1st Debutante (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Irving Bacon
Jailer (uncredited)
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Lulu Mae Bohrman
Wedding Guest (uncredited)