You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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

NR 1939 · 76 min · ★ 7.0 · Comedy

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.

Directed by Edward F. Cline · Written by Everett Freeman

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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
Edward Brophy Corbett
Arthur Hohl Burr
Princess Baba Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Charlie McCarthy Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

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