You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
20 reviews
Comedy
1h 16m
1939
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,...
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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.
- DirectorEdward F. Cline
- Release17 February 1939
- GenreComedy
- Duration1h 16m
- Budget?
- Revenue?
- Rate20 reviews
- Productions
Universal Pictures
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)

Dora Clement
Woman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford
Riding Master (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

Leyland Hodgson
Butler (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman
Mayor (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham
Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Frank Jenks
Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)

Si Jenks
Hillbilly (uncredited)

Jack Kenney
Barker (uncredited)

Joe King
Policeman (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff
Ronnie (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold
Blonde at Party (uncredited)

Eric Mayne
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Frank Melton
First Yokel (uncredited)

Harold Miller
Party Guest (uncredited)

James C. Morton
Judge (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)

Lee Phelps
Sheriff (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford
Truck Driver (uncredited)

Grady Sutton
Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor
Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Don Terry
Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

Walter Tetley
Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal
Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Russell Wade
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Beryl Wallace
Girl (uncredited)

Delmar Watson
Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)

Florence Wix
Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Duke York
Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington
Party Guest (uncredited)
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