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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break: Directed by Edward F. Cline. With W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean, Leon Errol, Billy Lenhart. A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
- (2.7K)
- Comedy, Musical
- Edward F. Cline
- 1941-10-10
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis.
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- 71 min
- 161.6K
- Flowfeel Arts
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Filmmaker Bill Fields (W.C. Fields) and his lovely niece, Gloria (Gloria Jean), are determined to sell a script to a producer (Franklin Pangborn). As they read...
- (14)
- W.C. Fields
- Edward F. Cline
- Comedy
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Virtually plot-less, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break presents a basic premise of Fields trying to peddle a script to the non-existent Esoteric Studios. But the film quickly veers off into a comical alternate universe with side trips to a Russian colony in Mexico and a bizarre mountaintop retreat presided over by the man-eating Mrs. Hemogloben ...
