You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (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, 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.
- Released
- 1939-02-17
- Genres
- Comedy
- Runtime
- 76 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Everett Freeman, Edward F. Cline, Richard Mack, George Marion Jr.
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 24 votes
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
- Charlie McCarthy as Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)