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.
Rated
NR
Year
1939
Country
US
Language
English
Release date
17 February 1939
TMDB
7.0 (21)
CineVerse
— (0)
Ratings
0 fansNo ratings yet.
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
C
Charlie McCarthy
Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)
M
Mortimer Snerd
Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
B
Blacaman
Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Arnold
1st Debutante (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
Jailer (uncredited)
L
Lulu Mae Bohrman
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
R
Ralph Brooks
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Dora Clement
Woman (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford
Riding Master (uncredited)
R
Richard Clucas
Little Boy (uncredited)
Charles Coleman
Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
Evelyn Del Rio
Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)
Drew Demorest
Barker (uncredited)
Dick Dickinson
Contortionist (uncredited)
Jan Duggan
Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn
Cop (uncredited)
Billy Engle
Circus Attendant
J
Jack Gardner
Ticket Seller (uncredited)
Grace Goodall
Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
J
Jennifer Gray
3rd Debutante (uncredited)
B
Bobby Hale
Circus Attendant (uncredited)
T
Ted Hardy
Russian Circus Performer (uncredited)
S
Sam Harris
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Leyland Hodgson
Butler (uncredited)
Otto Hoffman
Mayor (uncredited)
Lloyd Ingraham
Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Frank Jenks
Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)
Si Jenks
Hillbilly (uncredited)
T
Tiny Jones
Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Kenney
Barker (uncredited)
Joe King
Policeman (uncredited)
Ivan Lebedeff
Ronnie (uncredited)
Ethelreda Leopold
Blonde at Party (uncredited)
J
Jimmie Lucas
Barker (uncredited)
K
Kathryn Marlowe
2nd Debutante (uncredited)
Eric Mayne
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Frank Melton
First Yokel (uncredited)
Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited)
E
Edmund Mortimer
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
James C. Morton
Judge (uncredited)
R
Ray Moyer
Fire Eater (uncredited)
Byron Munson
Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)
Charles Murphy
Lon - Roustabout (uncredited)
Frank O'Connor
Cop with Judge (uncredited)
George Offerman, Jr.
Western Union Man (uncredited)
David Oliver
Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)
George Ovey
Circus Attendant (uncredited)
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