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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

OCT 10, 1941 · 71 MIN · DIR. EDWARD F. CLINE

Comedy

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

    W.C. Fields

    The Great Man

  • Gloria Jean

    Gloria Jean

    His Niece

  • Leon Errol

    Leon Errol

    His Rival

  • Billy Lenhart

    Billy Lenhart

    His Heckler (as Butch)

  • Kenneth Brown

    Kenneth Brown

    His Heckler (as Buddy)

  • Margaret Dumont

    Margaret Dumont

    Mrs. Hemogloben

  • Susan Miller

    Susan Miller

    Ouilotta Hemogloben

  • Franklin Pangborn

    Franklin Pangborn

    The Producer

  • Mona Barrie

    Mona Barrie

    The Producer's Wife

  • Charles Lang

    Charles Lang

    The Young Engineer

  • Anne Nagel

    Anne Nagel

    Madame Gorgeous

  • Nell O'Day

    Nell O'Day

    The Salesgirl

Crew

Screenplay

Prescott Chaplin

Screenplay

John T. Neville

Story

W.C. Fields

Director of Photography

Charles Van Enger

Editor

Arthur Hilton

Original Music Composer

Frank Skinner