You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939) - film review

Comedy

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You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man is an American film comedy first released in 1939, directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline. The film stars W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Constance Moore and John Arledge. Our overall rating for this film is: very good.

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Director: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
Script: W.C. Fields, Everett Freeman, Henry Johnson, Lew Lipton, Richard Mack, George Marion Jr., Manuel Seff, James Seymour
Photo: Milton R. Krasner
Music: Frank Skinner
Cast: W.C. Fields (Larson E. Whipsnade), Edgar Bergen (The Great Edgar), Charlie McCarthy (Charlie McCarthy), Constance Moore (Victoria Whipsnade), John Arledge (Phineas Whipsnade), James Bush (Roger Bel-Goodie), Thurston Hall (Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie), Mary Forbes (Mrs. Bel-Goodie), Edward Brophy (Corbett), Arthur Hohl (Burr), Princess Baba (Princess Baba, The Great Edgar’s Assistant), Blacaman (Blacaman), Eddie ’Rochester’ Anderson (Cheerful), Ernie Adams (Eddie, Circus Attendant), Dorothy Arnold (1st Debutante), Irving Bacon (Jailer), Ralph Brooks (Wedding guest), Eddy Chandler (Highway Patrol Officer), Dora Clement (Woman), Jack Clifford (Riding master), Charles Coleman (Robinson, Bel-Goodie’s Butler), Evelyn Del Rio (Little girl who cries), Drew Demorest (Barker), Dick Dickinson (Contortionist), Jan Duggan (Mrs. Sludge (Ping-pong spectator)), Eddie Dunn (Cop), Billy Engle (Circus attendant), Jack Gardner (Ticket seller), Grace Goodall (Screaming Spinster), Jennifer Gray (3rd Debutante), Bobby Hale (Circus Attendant), Ted Hardy (Russian circus performer), Sam Harris (Wedding guest), Leyland Hodgson (Butler), Otto Hoffman (Mayor), Lloyd Ingraham (Mayor), Frank Jenks (Jerry (assistant)), Si Jenks (Hillbilly), Jack Kenny (Barker), Joe King (Policeman), Ivan Lebedeff (Ronnie), Ethelreda Leopold (Blonde at party), Jimmie Lucas (Barker), Kathryn Marlowe (2nd Debutante), Frank Melton (First yokel), James C. Morton (Judge), Ray Moyer (Fire Eater), Byron Munson (Ping-Pong player), Charles Murphy (Lon (roustabout)), Frank O’Connor (Cop with Judge), George Offerman Jr. (Western Union man), David Oliver (Man cheated at window), George Ovey (Circus attendant), Lee Phelps (Sheriff), Ralph Sanford (Truck driver (gong customer)), Grady Sutton (Chester Dalrymple), Ferris Taylor (Deputy sheriff), Don Terry (Ping-Pong player), Walter Tetley (Boy with candy cane), Edward Thomas (Bel-Goodie butler), Leyla Tyler (Society woman), Minerva Urecal (Screaming Spinster), Dale Van Sickel (Wedding guest), Russell Wade (Wedding guest), Beryl Wallace (Girl), Delmar Watson (Boy with slingshot), Bill Wolfe (Ticket buyer), Edward Woolf (Thin Man), Bill Worth (Elwood, World’s largest midget), Arthur Yeoman (Barker), Duke York (Man)
Country: USA
Language: English
Runtime: 76 min; B&W

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