You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
1939Comedy76 mins
★★★★★

Plot

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, ... read more

  • Edward F. Cline

    Director

  • George Marshall

    Director

  • W.C. Fields

    Story

  • Everett Freeman

    Screenplay

  • Richard Mack

    Screenplay

  • George Marion Jr.

    Screenplay

  • Milton Krasner

    Director of Photography

  • Otto Ludwig

    Editor

  • W.C. Fields

    Larson E. Whipsnade

  • Edgar Bergen

    The Great Edgar

  • 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

  • Blacaman

    Blacaman - The Lion Tamer

  • Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

    Cheerful

  • Mortimer Snerd

    By Himself

  • Ernie Adams

    Eddie - Circus Attendant

  • Dorothy Arnold

    1st Debutante

  • Irving Bacon

    Jailer

  • Lulu Mae Bohrman

    Wedding Guest

  • Ralph Brooks

    Wedding Guest

  • Eddy Chandler

    Highway Patrol Officer

  • Dora Clement

    Woman

  • Jack Rube Clifford

    Riding Master

  • Richard Clucas

    Little Boy

  • Charles Coleman

    Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler

  • Evelyn Del Rio

    Little Girl Who Cries

  • Drew Demorest

    Barker

  • Dick Dickinson

    Contortionist

  • Jan Duggan

    Mrs. Sludge

  • Eddie Dunn

    Cop

  • Billy Engle

    Circus Attendant

  • Jack Gardner

    Ticket Seller

  • Grace Goodall

    Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest

  • Jennifer Gray

    3rd Debutante

  • Bobby Hale

    Circus Attendant

  • Ted Hardy

    Russian Circus Performer

  • Sam Harris

    Wedding Guest

  • Leyland Hodgson

    Butler

  • Otto Hoffman

    Mayor

  • Lloyd Ingraham

    Mayor / Wedding Guest

  • Frank Jenks

    Jerry - Assistant

  • Si Jenks

    Hillbilly

    • Runtime

    76 minutes

    Released

    1939-02-17

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    Universal Pictures

    Updated

    1044 days ago

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