---
title: 'You Can''t Cheat an Honest Man (1939)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward F. Cline'
released: '1939-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 79
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/you-cant-cheat-an-honest-man-1939'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032152/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939)

1939 · 79 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based, under the name Charles Bogle.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward F. Cline](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-f-cline), [George Marshall](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marshall)
- **Screenplay:** [George Marion, Jr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-marion-jr), [Everett Freeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/everett-freeman), [Richard Mack](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-mack)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Frank Skinner](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-skinner)
- **Producer:** [Lester Cowan](https://cinepixo.com/people/lester-cowan)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Otto Ludwig](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-ludwig)

## Cast

- [Edgar Bergen](https://cinepixo.com/people/edgar-bergen)
- [Charles Pearce Coleman](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-pearce-coleman)
- [Ferris Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferris-taylor)
- [John Arledge](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-arledge)
- [Edward Brophy](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-brophy)
- [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields)
- [Ivan Lebedeff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-lebedeff)
- [Arthur Hohl](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hohl)
- [Mary Forbes](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-forbes)
- [Eddie "Rochester" Anderson](https://cinepixo.com/people/eddie-rochester-anderson)
- [James Bush](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-bush)
- [Constance Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/constance-moore)
- [Thurston Hall](https://cinepixo.com/people/thurston-hall)

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