TMDb Rating
6.8/10
20 verified votes
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Comedy
76 min
"AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!"
Plot Summary
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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Keywords to include
ComedyGeorge MarshallW.C. FieldsEdgar Bergen1939
Director
George Marshall
Top Cast
W.C. FieldsEdgar BergenEddie 'Rochester' AndersonConstance MooreJohn Arledge
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