Bibliograph

You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall

Type

Label

You can't cheat an honest man, Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

MPAA rating: Not rated

Main title

You can't cheat an honest man

Medium

videorecording

Oclc number

1046680690

Responsibility statement

Universal presents ; produced by Lester Cowan ; screenplay by George Marion, Jr., Richard Mack, Everett Freeman ; directed by George Marshall

Runtime

Series statement

Universal vault series

Summary

W.C. Fields and Charlie McCarthy bring their legendary radio feud to the screen in the classic comedy You Can't Cheat an Honest Man, co-starring Edgar Bergen. The seedy owner of a flea-bitten circus, Larson E. Whipsnade (Fields) will stop at nothing to arrange a marriage between his daughter Victoria (Constance Moore) and boring millionaire Richard Bel-Goodie (James Bush). So when Victoria declares she is in love with The Great Edgar (Bergen), Whipsnade cuts the penniless ventriloquist adrift in a hot-air balloon accompanied by his dummy (McCarthy). Arriving for a reception at the Bel-Goode mansion where he plays ping-pong and abuses his hosts, Whipsnade shows he is just getting started in this side-splitting farce, packed with insults, zingers and jokes!

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

You cannot cheat an honest man

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