You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
- Directed by
- Edward F. Cline, George Marshall
- Genre
- comedy film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 19m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.0 of 10 from 21 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A conniving circus owner schemes his way into trouble while trying to outwit a wealthy family. W. C. Fields plays a man whose dishonest plans constantly backfire on him.
fast-pacedslapstickgoofylightheartedchaoticplayful
What happens
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based, under the name Charles Bogle. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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