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W.C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy bring their legendary radio feud to the screen in the classic comedy You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man, co-starring Edgar Bergen. The seedy owner of a flea-bitten circus, Larson E. Whipsnade (Fields) will stop at nothing to arrange a marriage between his daughter Victoria (Constance Moore) and boring millionaire Richard Bel-Goodie (James Bush). So when Victoria declares she is in love with The Great Edgar (Bergen), Whipsnade cuts the penniless ventriloquist adrift in a hot-air balloon accompanied by his dummy (McCarthy). Arriving for a reception at the Bel-Goode mansion where he plays ping-pong and abuses his hosts, Whipsnade shows he is just getting started in this side-splitting farce, packed with insults, zingers and jokes!
Original Release
02/18/1939
US Release
02/18/1939
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edgar Bergen | The Great Edgar |
Charlie McCarthy | Charlie |
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Rochester / Cheerful |
Mortimer Snerd | Mortimer / By Himself |
Constance Moore | Victoria Whipsnade |
John Arledge | Phineas Whipsnade |
James Bush | Roger Bel-Goodie |
Thurston Hall | Mr. Bel-Goodie / Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie |
Mary Forbes | Mrs. Bel-Goodie |
Edward Brophy | Corbett |
Directors
George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
Writers
W.C. Fields, George Marion Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman, Henry Johnson, Lew Lipton, Manuel Seff, James Seymour
Cast
Name | Character |
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Edgar Bergen | The Great Edgar |
Charlie McCarthy | Charlie |
Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | Rochester / Cheerful |
Mortimer Snerd | Mortimer / By Himself |
Constance Moore | Victoria Whipsnade |
John Arledge | Phineas Whipsnade |
James Bush | Roger Bel-Goodie |
Thurston Hall | Mr. Bel-Goodie / Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie |
Mary Forbes | Mrs. Bel-Goodie |
Edward Brophy | Corbett |
Arthur Hohl | Burr |
Princess Baba | Princess Baba / Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant |
Blacaman | Blacaman / Blacaman - The Lion Tamer |
Ernie Adams | Eddie - Circus Attendant |
Dorothy Arnold | 1st Debutante |
Irving Bacon | Jailer |
Arthur Berkeley | Circus Attendant |
William A. Boardway | Wedding Guest |
Lulu Mae Bohrman | Wedding Guest |
Ralph Brooks | Wedding Guest |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Lester Cowan | Producer |