You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man
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"You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man" is a 1939 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields as a shady circus owner entangled in a series of farcical misadventures.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American comedy film
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film ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | You Can't Cheat an Honest Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | radio sketches by W. C. Fields ⓘ |
| blackAndWhite | true ⓘ |
| character |
Charlie McCarthy (ventriloquist dummy)
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Edgar Bergen (as himself) NERFINISHED ⓘ Larsen E. Whipsnade NERFINISHED ⓘ Vicky Whipsnade NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| director |
Edward F. Cline
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George Abbott NERFINISHED ⓘ George Marshall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| editedBy | Arthur Hilton NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Hollywood Golden Age
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surface form:
Golden Age of Hollywood
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| featuresVentriloquism | true GENERATED ⓘ |
| genre | comedy film ⓘ |
| hasTagline | "You can’t cheat an honest man, but it’s fun trying!" ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
con artistry
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romantic misunderstanding ⓘ |
| medium | theatrical feature film ⓘ |
| musicBy | Frank Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | pairing W. C. Fields with ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and his dummy Charlie McCarthy ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | W. C. Fields filmography NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | A shady circus owner, Larsen E. Whipsnade, becomes entangled in romantic and financial misadventures involving his daughter and a ventriloquist. ⓘ |
| producer | Lester Cowan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| publicationDate | 1939-02-10 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 79 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Charles Bogle
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Everett Freeman NERFINISHED ⓘ George Marion Jr. NERFINISHED ⓘ Richard Mack NERFINISHED ⓘ William Morrow NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn | circus ⓘ |
| starring |
Charlie McCarthy
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Constance Moore NERFINISHED ⓘ Eddie "Rochester" Anderson NERFINISHED ⓘ Edgar Bergen NERFINISHED ⓘ James Burke NERFINISHED ⓘ John Arledge NERFINISHED ⓘ Thurston Hall NERFINISHED ⓘ W. C. Fields NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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