Movie
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Released: February 17, 1939 (1939)
Runtime: 76 minutes
Genres: Comedy
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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- W.C. Fields as Larson E. Whipsnade
Age at release: 59
- Thurston Hall as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie
Age at release: 56
- Mary Forbes as Mrs. Bel-Goodie
Age at release: 56
- Arthur Hohl as Burr
Age at release: 49
- Edward Brophy as Corbett
Age at release: 43
- Edgar Bergen as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd
Age at release: 36
- Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson as Cheerful
Age at release: 33
- John Arledge as Phineas Whipsnade
Age at release: 32
- James Bush as Roger Bel-Goodie
Age at release: 31
- Constance Moore as Victoria Whipsnade
Age at release: 19
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- Jan Duggan as Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)
Age at release: 57
- Ernie Adams as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- Charles Coleman as Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)
Age at release: 53
- Jack Rube Clifford as Riding Master (uncredited)
Age at release: 50
- Billy Engle as Circus Attendant
Age at release: 49
- Dora Clement as Woman (uncredited)
Age at release: 47
- Irving Bacon as Jailer (uncredited)
Age at release: 45
- Eddy Chandler as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)
Age at release: 44
- Dick Dickinson as Contortionist (uncredited)
Age at release: 43
- Eddie Dunn as Cop (uncredited)
Age at release: 42
- Ralph Brooks as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: 34
- Dorothy Arnold as 1st Debutante (uncredited)
Age at release: 21
- Richard Clucas as Little Boy (uncredited)
Age at release: 11
- Princess Baba as Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant
Age at release: Unknown
- Charlie McCarthy as Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)
Age at release: Unknown
- Mortimer Snerd as Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)
Age at release: Unknown
- Blacaman as Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Lulu Mae Bohrman as Wedding Guest (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Evelyn Del Rio as Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown
- Drew Demorest as Barker (uncredited)
Age at release: Unknown