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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Release Year
1941
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Comedy
Directed By
Edward F. Cline
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

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 & Crew

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

Edward F. Cline

Director

Prescott Chaplin

Screenplay

John T. Neville

Screenplay

Charles Van Enger

Director of Photography

Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

Arthur Hilton

Editor

Vera West

Costume Design

W.C. Fields

Story

Charles Carroll

Sound

Jack Otterson

Art Direction

Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

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