You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

7.0/10 76 min Comedy

Overview

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

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

Ernie Adams

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Dorothy Arnold

1st Debutante (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

Jailer (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)

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