You Can't Cheat an Honest Man was released on February 18, 1939.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man was directed by George Marshall, Edward F. Cline.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man has a runtime of 76m.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man was produced by Lester Cowan.

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.

The key characters in You Can't Cheat an Honest Man are Larson E. Whipsnade (W.C. Fields), The Great Edgar / Charlie McCarthy / Mortimer Snerd (Edgar Bergen), Cheerful (Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson).

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is rated Not Rated.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man is a Comedy, Family film.

You Can't Cheat an Honest Man has an audience rating of 7.3 out of 10.