Watch You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Official Trailer
AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!
7 / 10 IMDb February 17, 1939 1h 16m
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.
Director
Runtime
1h 16m
Release Date
February 17, 1939
Genre
Comedy
Status
Released
Languages
English
Country
United States of America
Cast
W.C. Fields
as Larson E. Whipsnade
Edgar Bergen
as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
as Cheerful
Constance Moore
as Victoria Whipsnade
John Arledge
as Phineas Whipsnade
James Bush
as Roger Bel-Goodie
Thurston Hall
as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Mary Forbes
as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Edward Brophy
as Corbett
Arthur Hohl
as Burr
Princess Baba
as Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
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Charlie McCarthy
as Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)
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Mortimer Snerd
as Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
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Blacaman
as Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Ernie Adams
as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Dorothy Arnold
as 1st Debutante (uncredited)
Irving Bacon
as Jailer (uncredited)
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Lulu Mae Bohrman
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
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Ralph Brooks
as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Eddy Chandler
as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Production Companies
Universal PicturesYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man Official Trailer 1939
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