You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

1939 · 76 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 1,917 VOTES · DIR. George Marshall, Edward F. Cline

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Overview

Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Dialogue Timeline — 1,301 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:01:33 - Come on, let's sit down. - I don't want to sit down.
00:05:52 What's that, little girl? No, I am not the good-humour man.
00:09:09 No mistakes rectified after leaving the window.
00:12:04 and ride piggyback on the buzz saw.
00:15:04 Gimme that telegram. It's not "Larceny", it's "Larson E."
00:18:41 Bergen!
00:22:58 I bound around the ring on a wild Percheron stallion.
00:26:10 Yes, I just came from the barbershop.
00:29:19 - I can't come out. - Why not?
00:31:55 Just hunger pains, that's all. Cut right through my breakfast.
00:34:51 Perfect. Now that completes our first lesson.
00:37:44 - I'm still going with him. - He's very rich. Why don't you marry him?
00:40:56 On this platform, the Great Whipsnade, ventriloquist extraordinary.
00:44:22 Victoria, dear, some weasel... took the cork out of my lunch.
00:47:24 I shall send over a couple of pet beavers to romp with you.
00:50:38 Oh, Vicky, Vicky, Vicky. All I hear is Vicky.
00:53:38 - What was that? We hit something. - No.
00:56:29 We'll be ready in a minute.
00:59:22 You can remember that, can't you?
01:02:14 - Look, these people are society people. - I know, the crème dee-lay crème.
01:05:21 The snake, in order to show its appreciation, sunk its teeth into the marauder's fetlocks...
01:08:19 Hurry. Hurry, hurry.
01:11:41 Stop at the second floor. Foreign department.
01:15:09 Glad I'm safe up here. Ohh!

Cast & Characters

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,301
Dialogue density17.1 lines / min
First line00:01:33
Final line01:15:09

Production Record

DirectorGeorge Marshall, Edward F. Cline
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes1,917