Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)

It's a Fields-day of fun!

  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release Date: 1941-10-10
  • User Rating: 6.8/10 from 31 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 11min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Universal Pictures
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: Edward F. Cline
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Summary

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 film about a man who wants to sell a film story to Esoteric Studios. On the way he gets insulted by little boys, beaten up for ogling a woman, and abused by a waitress. W. C. Fields' last starring role in a feature-length film.

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  • W.C. Fields

    as The Great Man

  • Gloria Jean

    as His Niece

  • Leon Errol

    as His Rival

  • Billy Lenhart

    as His Heckler (as Butch)

  • Kenneth Brown

    as His Heckler (as Buddy)

  • Margaret Dumont

    as Mrs. Hemogloben

  • Susan Miller

    as Ouilotta Hemogloben

  • Franklin Pangborn

    as The Producer

  • Mona Barrie

    as The Producer's Wife

  • Charles Lang

    as The Young Engineer

  • Anne Nagel

    as Madame Gorgeous

  • Nell O'Day

    as The Salesgirl

  • Irving Bacon

    as The Soda Jerk

  • Jody Gilbert

    as The Waitress

  • Minerva Urecal

    as The Cleaning Lady

  • Emmett Vogan

    as The Engineer

  • Carlotta Monti

    as Receptionist

  • Jean Porter

    as Passerby (uncredited)

  • Emil Van Horn

    as Gargo the Gorilla (uncredited)
Writing Prescott Chaplin Screenplay
Directing Edward F. Cline Director
Writing John T. Neville Screenplay
Writing W.C. Fields Story
Camera Charles Van Enger Director of Photography
Art Jack Otterson Art Direction
Editing Arthur Hilton Editor
Art Russell A. Gausman Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up Vera West Costume Design
Sound Frank Skinner Original Music Composer
Sound Charles Carroll Sound

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