You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

"AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!"

1939

1h 16m

6.8(20 votes)

Comedy

Overview

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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Cast & Crew

83 members

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W.C. Fields

Larson E. Whipsnade

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Edgar Bergen

The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

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Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Cheerful

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Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

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John Arledge

Phineas Whipsnade

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James Bush

Roger Bel-Goodie

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Thurston Hall

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

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Mary Forbes

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

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Edward Brophy

Corbett

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Arthur Hohl

Burr

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Princess Baba

Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

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Charlie McCarthy

Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

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Mortimer Snerd

Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)

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Blacaman

Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)

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Ernie Adams

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

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Dorothy Arnold

1st Debutante (uncredited)

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Irving Bacon

Jailer (uncredited)

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Lulu Mae Bohrman

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Ralph Brooks

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Eddy Chandler

Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)

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Dora Clement

Woman (uncredited)

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Jack Rube Clifford

Riding Master (uncredited)

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Richard Clucas

Little Boy (uncredited)

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Charles Coleman

Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)

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Evelyn Del Rio

Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)

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Drew Demorest

Barker (uncredited)

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Dick Dickinson

Contortionist (uncredited)

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Jan Duggan

Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)

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Eddie Dunn

Cop (uncredited)

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Billy Engle

Circus Attendant

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Jack Gardner

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

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Grace Goodall

Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Jennifer Gray

3rd Debutante (uncredited)

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Bobby Hale

Circus Attendant (uncredited)

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Ted Hardy

Russian Circus Performer (uncredited)

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Sam Harris

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Leyland Hodgson

Butler (uncredited)

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Otto Hoffman

Mayor (uncredited)

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Lloyd Ingraham

Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Frank Jenks

Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)

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Si Jenks

Hillbilly (uncredited)

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Tiny Jones

Spectator (uncredited)

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Jack Kenney

Barker (uncredited)

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Joe King

Policeman (uncredited)

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Ivan Lebedeff

Ronnie (uncredited)

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Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde at Party (uncredited)

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Jimmie Lucas

Barker (uncredited)

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Kathryn Marlowe

2nd Debutante (uncredited)

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Eric Mayne

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Frank Melton

First Yokel (uncredited)

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Harold Miller

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Edmund Mortimer

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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James C. Morton

Judge (uncredited)

Art

Ray Moyer

Fire Eater (uncredited)

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Byron Munson

Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

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Charles Murphy

Lon - Roustabout (uncredited)

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Frank O'Connor

Cop with Judge (uncredited)

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George Offerman, Jr.

Western Union Man (uncredited)

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David Oliver

Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)

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George Ovey

Circus Attendant (uncredited)

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Lee Phelps

Sheriff (uncredited)

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June Preston

Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing (uncredited)

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Ralph Sanford

Truck Driver (uncredited)

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Harry Stafford

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Grady Sutton

Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)

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Ferris Taylor

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

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Don Terry

Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

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Walter Tetley

Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)

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Edward Thomas

Bel-Goodie Butler (uncredited)

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Lelah Tyler

Society Woman / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Minerva Urecal

Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

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Dale Van Sickel

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Russell Wade

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Beryl Wallace

Girl (uncredited)

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Delmar Watson

Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)

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Florence Wix

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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Bill Wolfe

Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant (uncredited)

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Edward Woolf

Thin Man (uncredited)

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Bill Worth

Elwood - World's Largest Midget (uncredited)

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Arthur Yeoman

Barker (uncredited)

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Duke York

Minor Role (uncredited)

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Ruth Cherrington

Party Guest (uncredited)

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Hazel Dohlman

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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