You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

Name: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
Director: George Marshall, Edward F. Cline
Released: 1939
Duration: 76 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen, Charlie McCarthy, Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson, Mortimer Snerd

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

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.

00:05:48 Get your tickets at the box office. The big show is about to s...

00:09:02 - Wanna return some money? - No! I'm short.

00:11:53 Are you eating a tomato, or is that your nose?

00:14:45 - The big show is now going on! - Telegram for Larceny Whipsnake.

00:18:20 Beautiful Whipsnade money.

00:22:30 ~ Makes no difference what the boss man say ~

00:25:36 ~ Oh, zazu za... ~ Oh-oh.

00:28:38 Oh, nothing's lost. Everything's OK.

00:31:19 - If you please, Princess. - Ohh!

00:34:06 - Yeah. - Like this.

00:36:52 Oh. Oh. Hmm. Tsk. I'm beginning to see your point now.

00:40:01 Why, you double-crosser. You-you-you cad.

00:43:19 - Quit beating around the balloon. - That's enough.

00:46:18 - Don't know what reminded me of it. Huh? - Thank you, Mr W...

00:49:22 Saturday? Lovely. We're having the party anyway.

00:52:19 I'll inform... the...

00:55:13 - Yes. - Uh, no. I don't think it'll work.

00:57:58 - Get those drunks! - Get this off my head!

01:00:46 Don't let that man in the carriage get away.

01:03:46 Your son tells me you've had experience with wild animals - a big-game hunter.

01:06:34 - You're going to be married? - I'm sorry, Edgar.

01:09:36 Do I play Ping? I didn't get you the first time.

01:12:52 You're speaking to a Whipsnade.

Cast & Characters

W.C. Fields Larson E. Whipsnade Edgar Bergen The Great Edgar Charlie McCarthy Charlie Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson Rochester Mortimer Snerd Mortimer Constance Moore Victoria Whipsnade John Arledge Phineas Whipsnade James Bush Roger Bel-Goodie Thurston Hall Mr. Bel-Goodie Mary Forbes Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,301

Dialogue density17.1 lines / min

First line00:01:33

Final line01:12:52

Production Record

DirectorGeorge Marshall, Edward F. Cline

LanguageEnglish

IMDb votes1,917