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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

NR · 1939-02-17 · 1h 16m · EN
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AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!

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.

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George MarshallDirectorEdward F. ClineDirector

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W.C. FieldsW.C. FieldsLarson E. WhipsnadeEdgar BergenEdgar BergenThe Great EdgarConstance MooreConstance MooreVictoria WhipsnadeJohn ArledgeJohn ArledgePhineas WhipsnadeJames BushJames BushRoger Bel-GoodieThurston HallThurston HallMr. Archibald Bel-GoodieMary ForbesMary ForbesMrs. Bel-GoodieEdward BrophyEdward BrophyCorbettArthur HohlArthur HohlBurrPrincess BabaPrincess BabaPrincess Baba, The Great Edgar's AssistantBlacamanBlacamanBlacaman - The Lion TamerEddie 'Rochester' AndersonEddie 'Rochester' AndersonCheerful

Keywords

ElephantCircusSideshow

Movie DNA

Genre affinityComedyTheme affinityElephant · Circus · SideshowDialogue densityComedyPacingShortDirector preference340196 · 261509Actor preference139710 · 197075 · 314165

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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.

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