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You Can’t Cheat an Honest Man (1939) Plot Summary Explained
- Release, runtime and language
- 1939 · 76 mins · English
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- Directed by
- George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
- Starring
- Edward Brophy, Irving Bacon, Charlie McCarthy, Edgar Bergen, Mortimer Snerd, Charles Coleman
Fields portrays Larsen E. Whipsnade, the scheming owner of a traveling carnival perpetually evading the authorities. Facing foreclosure, Whipsnade neglects to pay his troupe, including Bergen and the unscrupulous McCarthy. The performers press him for their wages, while McCarthy resorts to outright theft.
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