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Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival that is constantly on the run from the law. Whipsnade is struggling to keep a step ahead of foreclosure, and clearly not paying his performers, including Bergen and McCarthy, who try to coax money out of him, or in McCarthy's case, steal some outright.

Genres: Comedy

Starring: W.C. Fields, Edgar Bergen

Released: February 17, 1939

Runtime: 76.0

Popularity Rating: 0.540

Universal Pictures

United States of America

Larson E. Whipsnade W.C. Fields
The Great Edgar Edgar Bergen
Victoria Whipsnade Constance Moore
Phineas Whipsnade John Arledge
Roger Bel-Goodie James Bush
Mr. Archibald Bel-Goodie Thurston Hall
Mrs. Bel-Goodie Mary Forbes
Corbett Edward Brophy
Burr Arthur Hohl
Princess Baba, The Great Edgar's Assistant Princess Baba
Blacaman - The Lion Tamer Blacaman
Cheerful Eddie 'Rochester' Anderson
By Himself Mortimer Snerd
Eddie - Circus Attendant Ernie Adams
1st Debutante Dorothy Arnold
Jailer Irving Bacon
Wedding Guest Lulu Mae Bohrman
Wedding Guest Ralph Brooks
Highway Patrol Officer Eddy Chandler
Woman Dora Clement
Riding Master Jack Clifford
Little Boy Richard Clucas
Robinson - Bel-Goodie's Butler Charles Coleman
Little Girl Who Cries Evelyn Del Rio
Barker Drew Demorest
Contortionist Dick Dickinson
Mrs. Sludge Jan Duggan
Cop Eddie Dunn
Circus Attendant Billy Engle
Ticket Seller Jack Gardner
Screaming Spinster / Wedding Guest Grace Goodall
3rd Debutante Jennifer Gray
Circus Attendant Bobby Hale
Russian Circus Performer Ted Hardy
Wedding Guest Sam Harris
Butler Leyland Hodgson
Mayor Otto Hoffman
Mayor / Wedding Guest Lloyd Ingraham
Jerry - Assistant Frank Jenks
Hillbilly Si Jenks
Spectator Tiny Jones
Barker Jack Kenney
Policeman Joe King
Ronnie Ivan Lebedeff
Blonde at Party Ethelreda Leopold
Barker Jimmie Lucas
2nd Debutante Kathryn Marlowe
Wedding Guest Eric Mayne
First Yokel Frank Melton
Party Guest Harold Miller
Wedding Guest Edmund Mortimer
Judge James C. Morton
Fire Eater Ray Moyer
Ping-Pong Player Byron Munson
Lon - Roustabout Charles Murphy
Cop with Judge Frank O'Connor
Western Union Man George Offerman Jr.
Man Cheated at Window David Oliver
Circus Attendant George Ovey
Sheriff Lee Phelps
Little Blond Girl Singing and Dancing June Preston
Truck Driver Ralph Sanford
Party Guest Harry Stafford
Chester Dalrymple Grady Sutton
Deputy Sheriff Ferris Taylor
Ping-Pong Player Don Terry
Boy with Candy Cane Walter Tetley
Bel-Goodie Butler Edward Thomas
Society Woman / Wedding Guest Lelah Tyler
Screaming Spinster at Circus Minerva Urecal
Wedding Guest Dale Van Sickel
Wedding Guest Russell Wade
Girl Beryl Wallace
Boy with Slingshot Delmar Watson
Wedding Guest Florence Wix
Ticket Buyer / Brentwood - World's Smallest Giant Bill Wolfe
Thin Man Edward Woolf
Elwood - World's Largest Midget Bill Worth
Barker Arthur Yeoman
Minor Role Duke York

Directing — Director: Edward F. Cline
Directing — Director: George Marshall
Writing — Screenplay: Everett Freeman
Writing — Screenplay: George Marion Jr.
Writing — Screenplay: Richard Mack