You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939, comedy

76 minutes

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...

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Cast

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade

Edgar Bergen

Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar

Constance Moore

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

John Arledge

John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush

James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mary Forbes

Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Edward Brophy

Edward Brophy

Corbett

Princess Baba

Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Blacaman

Blacaman - The Lion Tamer

Mortimer Snerd

By Himself

Ernie Adams

Ernie Adams

Eddie - Circus Attendant

Dorothy Arnold

1st Debutante

Irving Bacon

Irving Bacon

Jailer

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Wedding Guest

Ralph Brooks

Ralph Brooks

Wedding Guest

Eddy Chandler

Eddy Chandler

Highway Patrol Officer

Dora Clement

Woman

Jack Rube Clifford

Jack Rube Clifford

Riding Master

Richard Clucas

Little Boy

Charles Coleman

Charles Coleman

Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler

Evelyn Del Rio

Evelyn Del Rio

Little Girl Who Cries

Drew Demorest

Drew Demorest

Barker

Dick Dickinson

Dick Dickinson

Contortionist

Jan Duggan

Mrs. Sludge

Billy Engle

Circus Attendant

Jack Gardner

Ticket Seller

Grace Goodall

Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest

Jennifer Gray

3rd Debutante

Bobby Hale

Circus Attendant

Ted Hardy

Russian Circus Performer

Sam Harris

Wedding Guest

Otto Hoffman

Otto Hoffman

Mayor

Lloyd Ingraham

Lloyd Ingraham

Mayor / Wedding Guest

Frank Jenks

Frank Jenks

Jerry - Assistant

Si Jenks

Si Jenks

Hillbilly

Tiny Jones

Spectator

Jack Kenney

Jack Kenney

Barker

Joe King

Joe King

Policeman

Ivan Lebedeff

Ivan Lebedeff

Ronnie

Ethelreda Leopold

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde at Party

Jimmie Lucas

Barker

Kathryn Marlowe

2nd Debutante

Eric Mayne

Eric Mayne

Wedding Guest

Frank Melton

Frank Melton

First Yokel

Harold Miller

Harold Miller

Party Guest

Edmund Mortimer

Wedding Guest

Ray Moyer

Fire Eater

Byron Munson

Ping-Pong Player

Charles Murphy

Lon - Roustabout

Frank O'Connor

Frank O'Connor

Cop with Judge

George Offerman, Jr.

George Offerman, Jr.

Western Union Man

David Oliver

David Oliver

Man Cheated at Window

George Ovey

George Ovey

Circus Attendant

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Sheriff

June Preston

Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Truck Driver

Harry Stafford

Party Guest

Grady Sutton

Grady Sutton

Chester Dalrymple

Ferris Taylor

Ferris Taylor

Deputy Sheriff

Don Terry

Ping-Pong Player

Walter Tetley

Boy with Candy Cane

Edward Thomas

Bel-Goodie Butler

Lelah Tyler

Society Woman / Wedding Guest

Minerva Urecal

Minerva Urecal

Screaming Spinster at Circus

Dale Van Sickel

Dale Van Sickel

Wedding Guest

Russell Wade

Russell Wade

Wedding Guest

Delmar Watson

Delmar Watson

Boy with Slingshot

Florence Wix

Florence Wix

Wedding Guest

Bill Wolfe

Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant

Edward Woolf

Thin Man

Bill Worth

Elwood - World's Largest Midget

Arthur Yeoman

Barker

Duke York

Duke York

Minor Role

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