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You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)Larson E. Whipsnade runs a seedy circus which is perpetually in debt. His performers give him nothing but trouble... See full summary » |
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Larson E. Whipsnade
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Edgar Bergen | ... |
The Great Edgar
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Charlie McCarthy | ... |
Himself
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| Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson | ... |
Rochester
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Mortimer Snerd | ... |
Himself
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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. 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
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Blacaman | ... |
Himself
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Larson E. Whipsnade runs a seedy circus which is perpetually in debt. His performers give him nothing but trouble, especially Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. Meanwhile, Whipsnade's son and daughter, Phineas and Vicky, attend a posh college. Vicky turns down her caddish but rich suitor Roger Bel-Goodie, but changes her mind when she learns of her father's financial troubles. Will Vicky marry for money or succumb to the ventriloqual charm of Edgar Bergen? Will Whipsnade's Circus Giganticus make it over the state line one jump ahead of the sheriff? Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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Legend has it that on the set of You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, a stagehand was cleaning out W.C. Fields' dressing room and accidentally bumped into a table on which Fields had placed a bottle of whiskey. He caught the bottle before it hit the floor, but the cork had popped out and he couldn't find it. He placed the bottle back on the table and left. Later Fields came back to the dressing room, and a few minutes after-wards stormed out, roaring "Who took the cork out of my lunch?" See more »Quotes
Whipsnade: As my dear old grandfather Litvak said (just before they swung the trap), he said "You can't cheat an honest man. Never give a sucker an even break or smarten up a chump."See more »
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Edgar Bergen's dummy Charlie McCarthy is credited as Himself. See more »
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