Sans peur et sans reproche

Original title: You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

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6.9/10

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Charlie McCarthy in Sans peur et sans reproche (1939)

The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuant bill collectors and sheriffs and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.

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The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.The owner of a debt-ridden circus contends with pursuing bill collectors and sheriffs, and his beloved daughter's relationships with one of his performers and a stuffy but wealthy young man.

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IMDb RATING

6.9/10

1.9K

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Trivia
W.C. Fields turned down the role of the Wizard in Le Magicien d'Oz (1939) to make this film.

Goofs
Miss Sludge's cigarette changes length from scene to scene. It's also full length and unlit when she hits W.C. Fields with it.

Quotes
Whipsnade: You kids are disgusting! Staggering around here all day, reeking of popcorn and lollipops.

Crazy credits
Opening credits are shown on canvas screens, on loops and ropes, to mimic the circus tent being raised when the circus comes to town. We see the first screen get hauled up with ropes, and there are dummies showing the stars of the show.

Connections
Featured in W.C. Fields: Straight Up (1986)

Soundtracks
Camptown Races
(uncredited)
Written by Stephen Foster
Sung with substitute lyrics by circus hands

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Featured review

8/10

Fields at the Circus

For some reason, I've never cared much for Edgar Bergen. It wasn't the fact that he wasn't a very good ventriloquist. I think it was a kind of smugness in his personality. Still, as he plays associate comedian to W. C. Fields, his banter with Charlie McCarthy pretty much matches Fields' shtick. This involves a crummy circus with Fields as the proprietor, one step ahead of the creditors and another ahead of the law. Fields sometimes does the clueless thing, but he is usually in control, and he does have a kind of code. This isn't one of my favorites but just try to keep up with the one liners.