{"id":30545,"date":"2022-09-20T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-09-20T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30545"},"modified":"2022-09-14T17:01:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T21:01:06","slug":"you-cant-cheat-an-honest-man-1939-starring-w-c-fields-z-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=30545","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;You Can&#8217;t Cheat An Honest Man&#8221; (1939) Starring W.C. Fields \/ Z-View"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z092022zview_yccahm.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"767\" \/><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>You Can&#8217;t Cheat An Honest Man <\/strong><\/em>(1939)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Directors:\u00a0 <strong>George Marshall, Edward F. Cline<\/strong> (uncredited)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Screenplay: \u00a0<strong>Everett Freeman, Richard Mack, George Marion, Jr.\u00a0<\/strong> from a story by <strong>Charles Bogle<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>(W.C. Fields)<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Starring: <strong>W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen &amp; Charlie McCarthy &amp; Mortimer Snerd, Constance Moore <\/strong>and <strong>Eddie &#8216;Rochester&#8217; Anderson<\/strong><strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tagline: <em>AT LAST YOU CAN SEE THESE FAMOUS FEUDSTERS CLASH ON THE SCREEN!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Overview:\u00a0 Beware of spoilers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Larson E. Whipsnade (Fields) owns a struggling circus.\u00a0 They&#8217;re just one step ahead of the law and nearly broke.\u00a0 Despite being in love with The Great Edgar (Bergin), the ventriloquist in her father&#8217;s circus, Vickey (Moore) decides to marry a rich suitor thinking that the money will fix things for her dad.\u00a0 Will love win out?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">W.C. Fields and Edgar Bergen had popular radio shows and a &#8220;running feud&#8221;.\u00a0 It was a natural to get them on film.\u00a0 The great thing about <em>You Can&#8217;t Cheat An Honest Man<\/em> is the jokes\/gags keep coming.\u00a0 Eddie &#8220;Rochester&#8221; Anderson doesn&#8217;t get a lot to do, but it&#8217;s always a joy to see him on film.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\"><strong>You Can&#8217;t Cheat An Honest Man <\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: var(--text-color); font-family: var(--text-font); font-size: inherit;\">earns 4 of 5 stars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/logo\/zview_b.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"100\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2022\/z092022zview_yccahm2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"295\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You Can&#8217;t Cheat An Honest Man (1939) Directors:\u00a0 George Marshall, Edward F. 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