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Bookmark this pageYou Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)
Director: George Marshall
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From Time Out Film Guide
'It is overloaded with two-reel comedy and no story, no pathos, no believable characters': the perceptive critic is Fields himself, who helplessly watched Universal mishandle his heartwarming story of a roguish circus owner. Most of the comedy is put into the sticky hands of Edgar Bergen, known now as the father of Candice, known then as a ventriloquist and the manipulator of dummy Charlie McCarthy, whose radio feud with Fields had all America doubled up. But their antics now seem far more historical than hysterical, and Fields' character emerges sadly belittled and coarsened. Still, good moments survive here and there.Author: GB
Cast & crew
Director: George Marshall
Producer: Lester Cowan
Cast: WC Fields, Edgar Bergen, Constance Moore, James Bush, Mary Forbes, Edward Brophy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 76 mins
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