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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Directed by Edward F. Cline
“It's a Fields-day of fun!”
Comedy · 1h 11m
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.
Cast
W.C. Fields
The Great Man
Gloria Jean
His Niece
Leon Errol
His Rival
Billy Lenhart
His Heckler (as Butch)
Kenneth Brown
His Heckler (as Buddy)
Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Hemogloben
Susan Miller
Ouilotta Hemogloben
Franklin Pangborn
The Producer
Mona Barrie
The Producer's Wife
Charles Lang
The Young Engineer
Anne Nagel
Madame Gorgeous
Nell O'Day
The Salesgirl
Crew
- Director
- Edward F. Cline
- Screenplay
- Prescott Chaplin, John T. Neville
- Director of Photography
- Charles Van Enger
- Original Music Composer
- Frank Skinner
- Editor
- Arthur Hilton
Details
- Release date
- 1941-10-10
- Runtime
- 1h 11m
- Genres
- Comedy
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Universal Pictures