You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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.

6.8

76 min

Cast

W.C. Fields

as Larson E. Whipsnade

Edgar Bergen

as The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

as Cheerful

Constance Moore

as Victoria Whipsnade

John Arledge

as Phineas Whipsnade

James Bush

as Roger Bel-Goodie

Thurston Hall

as Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mary Forbes

as Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Edward Brophy

as Corbett

Arthur Hohl

as Burr

Princess Baba

as Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Charlie McCarthy

as Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

Mortimer Snerd

as Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)

Blacaman

as Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)

Ernie Adams

as Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Dorothy Arnold

as 1st Debutante (uncredited)

Irving Bacon

as Jailer (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ralph Brooks

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Eddy Chandler

as Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)

Dora Clement

as Woman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

as Riding Master (uncredited)

Richard Clucas

as Little Boy (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

as Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)

Evelyn Del Rio

as Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)

Drew Demorest

as Barker (uncredited)

Dick Dickinson

as Contortionist (uncredited)

Jan Duggan

as Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)

Eddie Dunn

as Cop (uncredited)

Billy Engle

as Circus Attendant

Jack Gardner

as Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Grace Goodall

as Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Jennifer Gray

as 3rd Debutante (uncredited)

Bobby Hale

as Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Ted Hardy

as Russian Circus Performer (uncredited)

Sam Harris

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

as Butler (uncredited)

Otto Hoffman

as Mayor (uncredited)

Lloyd Ingraham

as Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Frank Jenks

as Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)

Si Jenks

as Hillbilly (uncredited)

Tiny Jones

as Spectator (uncredited)

Jack Kenney

as Barker (uncredited)

Joe King

as Policeman (uncredited)

Ivan Lebedeff

as Ronnie (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

as Blonde at Party (uncredited)

Jimmie Lucas

as Barker (uncredited)

Kathryn Marlowe

as 2nd Debutante (uncredited)

Eric Mayne

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Frank Melton

as First Yokel (uncredited)

Harold Miller

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

James C. Morton

as Judge (uncredited)

Ray Moyer

as Fire Eater (uncredited)

Byron Munson

as Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

Charles Murphy

as Lon - Roustabout (uncredited)

Frank O'Connor

as Cop with Judge (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

as Western Union Man (uncredited)

David Oliver

as Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)

George Ovey

as Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Sheriff (uncredited)

June Preston

as Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing (uncredited)

Ralph Sanford

as Truck Driver (uncredited)

Harry Stafford

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Grady Sutton

as Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)

Ferris Taylor

as Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Don Terry

as Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

Walter Tetley

as Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)

Edward Thomas

as Bel-Goodie Butler (uncredited)

Lelah Tyler

as Society Woman / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Minerva Urecal

as Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Russell Wade

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Beryl Wallace

as Girl (uncredited)

Delmar Watson

as Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)

Florence Wix

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Bill Wolfe

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

Edward Woolf

as Thin Man (uncredited)

Bill Worth

as Elwood - World's Largest Midget (uncredited)

Arthur Yeoman

as Barker (uncredited)

Duke York

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

as Party Guest (uncredited)

Hazel Dohlman

as Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Director

Edward F. Cline

George Marshall