Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

71 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1941

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.

Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

71 mins | Comedy | Oct. 10, 1941

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.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers Universal Pictures
Original title Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Directors Edward F. Cline
Writers John T. Neville, Prescott Chaplin, W.C. Fields

Cast

W.C. Fields

as The Great Man

Gloria Jean

as His Niece

Leon Errol

as His Rival

Billy Lenhart

as His Heckler (as Butch)

Kenneth Brown

as His Heckler (as Buddy)

Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Hemogloben

Susan Miller

as Ouilotta Hemogloben

Franklin Pangborn

as The Producer

Mona Barrie

as The Producer's Wife

Charles Lang

as The Young Engineer

Anne Nagel

as Madame Gorgeous

Nell O'Day

as The Salesgirl

Irving Bacon

as The Soda Jerk

Jody Gilbert

as The Waitress

Minerva Urecal

as The Cleaning Lady

Emmett Vogan

as The Engineer

Carlotta Monti

as Receptionist

Jean Porter

as Passerby (uncredited)