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Running time. 79 mins. Country. United States. Language. English. You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle.
- Lester Cowan
- Charles Bogle
- Everett Freeman, Richard Mack, George Marion, Jr.
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man: Directed by George Marshall, Edward F. Cline. With W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson. The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.
- George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
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- 2 min
Rated 3.5/5 Stars • Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review dave s You Can't Cheat an Honest Man has some great bits from W.C. Fields, including the fantastic ping pong scene, but too ...
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- George Marshall
- Comedy
- W.C. Fields
You Can't Cheat An Honest Man (1939) -- (Movie Clip) Circus Giganticus Opening scenes having established his semi-normal adult children, and lawmen on his trail, we meet W.C. Fields as Larson E. Whipsnade, with his traveling circus, beset by a crooked union rep (Edward Trophy) and would-be apprentice (Grady Sutton), in You Can’t Cheat An ...
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Released February 17th, 1939, 'You Can't Cheat an Honest Man' stars W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Constance Moore The NR movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 16 min, ...
Synopsis. 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.
- 76 min