You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

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1h 16min | Comedy | Feb 17, 1939 | Released

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: Edward F. Cline George Marshall

Producer:

Writer(s): Everett Freeman Richard Mack George Marion Jr.

Story:

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Cast & Crew

Cast (80 Members)

Fire Eater

Larson E. Whipsnade

Little Girl Who Cries

Chester Dalrymple

Burr

Leyland Hodgson

Butler

Boy with Slingshot

Jerry - Assistant

Woman

Jailer

Corbett

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

Dale van Sickel

Wedding Guest

Eddie - Circus Attendant

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Policeman

Hillbilly

Edmund Mortimer

Wedding Guest

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson

Cheerful

The Great Edgar

Phineas Whipsnade

Roger Bel-Goodie

Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Blacaman - The Lion Tamer

Screaming Spinster at Circus

Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant

Mayor

Wedding Guest

Truck Driver

Circus Attendant

Highway Patrol Officer

Society Woman / Wedding Guest

Sheriff

Ticket Seller

Cop with Judge

Mayor / Wedding Guest

James C. Morton

Judge

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Wedding Guest

Ronnie

Contortionist

Kathryn Marlowe

2nd Debutante

1st Debutante

Cop

By Himself

Wedding Guest

Wedding Guest

Party Guest

Lon - Roustabout

Man Cheated at Window

George Offerman, Jr.

Western Union Man

Charles Coleman

Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler

Mrs. Sludge

Deputy Sheriff

Minor Role

Girl

Barker

Riding Master

First Yokel

Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest

Circus Attendant

Ping-Pong Player

Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing

Circus Attendant

Wedding Guest

Boy with Candy Cane

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde at Party

Wedding Guest

Spectator

3rd Debutante

Barker

Ping-Pong Player

Party Guest

Bel-Goodie Butler

Barker

Little Boy

Russian Circus Performer

Thin Man

Elwood - World's Largest Midget

Barker

Ray Moyer Fire Eater

W.C. Fields Larson E. Whipsnade

Evelyn Del Rio Little Girl Who Cries

Grady Sutton Chester Dalrymple

Arthur Hohl Burr

Leyland Hodgson Butler

Delmar Watson Boy with Slingshot

Frank Jenks Jerry - Assistant

Dora Clement Woman

Irving Bacon Jailer

Edward Brophy Corbett

Constance Moore Victoria Whipsnade

Dale van Sickel Wedding Guest

Ernie Adams Eddie - Circus Attendant

Thurston Hall Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mary Forbes Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Joe King Policeman

Si Jenks Hillbilly

Edmund Mortimer Wedding Guest

Eddie "Rochester" Anderson Cheerful

Edgar Bergen The Great Edgar

John Arledge Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush Roger Bel-Goodie

Princess Baba Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Blacaman Blacaman - The Lion Tamer

Minerva Urecal Screaming Spinster at Circus

Bill Wolfe Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant

Otto Hoffman Mayor

Russell Wade Wedding Guest

Ralph Sanford Truck Driver

Bobby Hale Circus Attendant

Eddy Chandler Highway Patrol Officer

Lelah Tyler Society Woman / Wedding Guest

Lee Phelps Sheriff

Jack Gardner Ticket Seller

Frank O'Connor Cop with Judge

Lloyd Ingraham Mayor / Wedding Guest

James C. Morton Judge

Lulu Mae Bohrman Wedding Guest

Ivan Lebedeff Ronnie

Dick Dickinson Contortionist

Kathryn Marlowe 2nd Debutante

Dorothy Arnold 1st Debutante

Eddie Dunn Cop

Mortimer Snerd By Himself

Eric Mayne Wedding Guest

Ralph Brooks Wedding Guest

Harold Miller Party Guest

Charles Murphy Lon - Roustabout

David Oliver Man Cheated at Window

George Offerman, Jr. Western Union Man

Charles Coleman Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler

Jan Duggan Mrs. Sludge

Ferris Taylor Deputy Sheriff

Duke York Minor Role

Beryl Wallace Girl

Jack Kenney Barker

Jack Clifford Riding Master

Frank Melton First Yokel

Grace Goodall Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest

Billy Engle Circus Attendant

Don Terry Ping-Pong Player

June Preston Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing

George Ovey Circus Attendant

Sam Harris Wedding Guest

Walter Tetley Boy with Candy Cane

Ethelreda Leopold Blonde at Party

Florence Wix Wedding Guest

Tiny Jones Spectator

Jennifer Gray 3rd Debutante

Drew Demorest Barker

Byron Munson Ping-Pong Player

Harry Stafford Party Guest

Edward Thomas Bel-Goodie Butler

Jimmie Lucas Barker

Richard Clucas Little Boy

Ted Hardy Russian Circus Performer

Edward Woolf Thin Man

Bill Worth Elwood - World's Largest Midget

Arthur Yeoman Barker

Crew (7 Members)

Director of Photography

Edward F. Cline

Director

George Marshall

Director

Editor

Everett Freeman

Screenplay

Screenplay

George Marion Jr.

Screenplay

Milton Krasner Director of Photography

Edward F. Cline Director

George Marshall Director

Otto Ludwig Editor

Everett Freeman Screenplay

Richard Mack Screenplay

George Marion Jr. Screenplay

Age At Time Of Release

40

35

Edward F. Cline

47

59

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