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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

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W.C. Fields

as The Great Man

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Gloria Jean

as His Niece

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Leon Errol

as His Rival

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Billy Lenhart

as His Heckler (as Butch)

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Kenneth Brown

as His Heckler (as Buddy)

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Margaret Dumont

as Mrs. Hemogloben

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Susan Miller

as Ouilotta Hemogloben

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Franklin Pangborn

as The Producer

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Mona Barrie

as The Producer's Wife

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Charles Lang

as The Young Engineer

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Anne Nagel

as Madame Gorgeous

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Nell O'Day

as The Salesgirl

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Irving Bacon

as The Soda Jerk

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Jody Gilbert

as The Waitress

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Minerva Urecal

as The Cleaning Lady

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Emmett Vogan

as The Engineer

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Carlotta Monti

as Receptionist

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Jean Porter

as Passerby (uncredited)

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Emil Van Horn

as Gargo the Gorilla (uncredited)

Crew

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Edward F. Cline

Director

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Prescott Chaplin

Screenplay

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John T. Neville

Screenplay

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W.C. Fields

Story

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Charles Van Enger

Director of Photography

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Arthur Hilton

Editor

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Jack Otterson

Art Direction

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Russell A. Gausman

Set Decoration

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Vera West

Costume Design

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Frank Skinner

Original Music Composer

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Charles Carroll

Sound