You Can't Cheat an Honest Man poster

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man Cast & Characters

NR 1939 · 1h 16m 70 Audience

Rent on Apple TV

Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Edward F. Cline , George Marshall

Screenplay

Everett Freeman , Richard Mack , George Marion Jr.

Story

W.C. Fields

Cinematography

Milton Krasner

Editor

Otto Ludwig

Full cast

83 cast members

Larson E. Whipsnade

The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd

Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson

Constance Moore

Victoria Whipsnade

Phineas Whipsnade

Roger Bel-Goodie

Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie

Mrs. Bel-Goodie

Princess Baba

Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant

Charlie McCarthy

Charlie (ventriloquist dummy)

Mortimer (ventriloquist dummy)

Blacaman

Blacaman - The Lion Tamer (uncredited)

Eddie - Circus Attendant (uncredited)

1st Debutante (uncredited)

Jailer (uncredited)

Lulu Mae Bohrman

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Highway Patrol Officer (uncredited)

Woman (uncredited)

Jack Rube Clifford

Riding Master (uncredited)

Little Boy (uncredited)

Charles Coleman

Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler (uncredited)

Little Girl Who Cries (uncredited)

Barker (uncredited)

Contortionist (uncredited)

Mrs. Sludge (uncredited)

Cop (uncredited)

Circus Attendant

Ticket Seller (uncredited)

Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

3rd Debutante (uncredited)

Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Ted Hardy

Russian Circus Performer (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Leyland Hodgson

Butler (uncredited)

Mayor (uncredited)

Mayor / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Jerry - Assistant (uncredited)

Hillbilly (uncredited)

Spectator (uncredited)

Barker (uncredited)

Policeman (uncredited)

Ronnie (uncredited)

Ethelreda Leopold

Blonde at Party (uncredited)

Barker (uncredited)

Kathryn Marlowe

2nd Debutante (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

First Yokel (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Edmund Mortimer

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

James C. Morton

Judge (uncredited)

Fire Eater (uncredited)

Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

Lon - Roustabout (uncredited)

Cop with Judge (uncredited)

George Offerman, Jr.

Western Union Man (uncredited)

Man Cheated at Window (uncredited)

Circus Attendant (uncredited)

Sheriff (uncredited)

Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing (uncredited)

Truck Driver (uncredited)

Party Guest (uncredited)

Chester Dalrymple (uncredited)

Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

Ping-Pong Player (uncredited)

Boy with Candy Cane (uncredited)

Bel-Goodie Butler (uncredited)

Society Woman / Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Screaming Spinster at Circus (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Girl (uncredited)

Boy with Slingshot (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant (uncredited)

Edward Woolf

Thin Man (uncredited)

Bill Worth

Elwood - World's Largest Midget (uncredited)

Barker (uncredited)

Minor Role (uncredited)

Ruth Cherrington

Party Guest (uncredited)

Wedding Guest (uncredited)

Crew by department

8 crew members

Directing

Edward F. Cline

George Marshall

Director of Photography

Writing

Everett Freeman

George Marion Jr.

Screenplay

Editing

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