You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

"AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!"

Feb 18 1939 Approved 1h 19m
Comedy

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.

Plot

Larson E. Whipsnade runs a seedy circus which is perpetually in debt. His performers give him nothing but trouble, especially Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Meanwhile, Whipsnade's son and daughter, Phineas and Vicky, attend a posh college. Vicky turns down her caddish but rich suitor Roger Bel-Goodie, but changes her mind when she learns of her father's financial troubles. Will Vicky marry for money or succumb to the ventriloqual charm of Edgar Bergen? Will Whipsnade's Circus Giganticus make it over the state line one jump ahead of the sheriff?

Written by

George Marion Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman

Directed by

George Marshall, Edward F. Cline

Cast

W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

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Trailers
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man - classic movie trailer
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Original Trailer [HD]
Featurettes
Joe Dante on YOU CAN'T CHEAT AN HONEST MAN
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