You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

★ 6.8 1h 16m IMDb

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.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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W.C. Fields
W.C. Fields as Larson E. Whipsnade Died 1946 · Darby, Pennsylvania, USA William Claude Dukenfield was the eldest of five children born to Cockney immigrant James Dukenfield and Philadelphia native Kate Felton. He went to school for four years, then quit to work with his f...
Edgar Bergen
Edgar Bergen as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd Died 1978 · Chicago, Illinois, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Edgar John Bergen (born Edgar John Berggren, February 16, 1903 – September 30, 1978) was an American actor, comedian and radio performer, best known for his prof...
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Cheerful Died 1977 · Oakland, California, USA Eddie "Rochester" Anderson (September 18, 1905 – February 28, 1977) was an American comic actor who became famous playing Rochester, the valet to Jack Benny's eponymous title character on the long-ru...
Constance Moore
Constance Moore as Victoria Whipsnade Died 2005 · Sioux City, Iowa, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Constance Moore (January 18, 1920, Sioux City, Iowa — September 16, 2005 in Los Angeles, California) was a singer and actress. Her most noted work was in wartime...
John Arledge
John Arledge as Phineas Whipsnade Died 1947 · Crockett, Texas, USA From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Johnson Lundy Arledge (March 12, 1906 – May 15, 1947) was an American film and stage actor. He played dozens of supporting roles in the Hollywood movies of the 1...
James Bush
James Bush as Roger Bel-Goodie Died 1987 · Greenfield, Ohio, USA James Bush (October 4, 1907 – April 9, 1987) was an American actor from the 1930s until the early 1950s. He appeared in more than 100 television shows and films, more than 80 of them being feature fil...

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