You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
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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.
Status: Released
Released Date: 1939-02-17
Runtime: 76 mins
Director: Edward F. Cline, George Marshall
Spoken language: English
Genres: Comedy
Original title: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Production Companies: Universal Pictures
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
W.C. Fields
Edgar Bergen
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Constance Moore
John Arledge
James Bush
Thurston Hall
Mary Forbes
Edward Brophy
Arthur Hohl
Princess Baba
Charlie McCarthy
Mortimer Snerd
Blacaman
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