Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

"It's a Fields-day of fun!"

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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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
  • Irving Bacon
    Irving Bacon
    The Soda Jerk
  • Jody Gilbert
    Jody Gilbert
    The Waitress
  • Minerva Urecal
    Minerva Urecal
    The Cleaning Lady
  • Emmett Vogan
    Emmett Vogan
    The Engineer
  • Carlotta Monti
    Carlotta Monti
    Receptionist
  • Jean Porter
    Jean Porter
    Passerby (uncredited)
  • Emil Van Horn
    Emil Van Horn
    Gargo the Gorilla (uncredited)

Crew

  • Edward F. Cline
    Edward F. Cline
    Director
  • Prescott Chaplin
    Screenplay
  • John T. Neville
    Screenplay
  • W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    Story
  • Russell A. Gausman
    Set Decoration
  • Vera West
    Costume Design
  • Charles Van Enger
    Director of Photography
  • Jack Otterson
    Art Direction
  • Arthur Hilton
    Editor
  • Frank Skinner
    Frank Skinner
    Original Music Composer
  • Charles Carroll
    Sound

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