Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
Genre: Comedy / Music
Duration: 71 minuten
Alternative title: What a Man
Country:
United States
Directed by: Edward F. Cline
Stars: W.C. Fields, Gloria Jean and Leon Errol
IMDb score:
7,0 (2.782)
Releasedate: 10 October 1941
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break plot
"It's a Fields-day of fun!"
WC Fields wants to sell a movie script to Esoteric Studios. However, they refuse. Fields, meanwhile, is insulted by little boys, beaten up for staring at a woman, and verbally assaulted by a waitress. He becomes the guardian of his niece when her mother dies. While making a film about the circus, she falls from a trapeze and is killed instantly.
Actors and actresses
The Great Man
His Niece
His Rival
His Heckler (as Butch)
His Heckler (as Buddy)
Mrs. Hemogloben
Ouilotta Hemogloben
The Producer
The Producer's Wife
The Young Engineer
Reviews & comments
Bobbejaantje
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- 2310 messages
- 2096 votes
Wonderful film in which WC Fields plays himself - or a version of himself - as an actor/screenwriter who wants to sell his screenplay for his new film to the studio. So the premise has been taken from life. And also the best I have ever seen from WC Fields. Crazy situations from start to finish, good gags and an awesome chase to end the film. This film also contains some musical passages that, in my opinion, are very successful and well integrated. The young Gloria Jean had a beautiful voice and singing technique, that much is certain.
Sucker's screenplay was actually written by WC Fields and it took a lot of effort to get it past the censor. What we see is in fact a garbled version, with many references to alcohol, as well as raunchy humor and other things, removed. Shame! But fortunately there is plenty left to entertain you, from the fake gorilla, to the inside jokes, vulgar humor and the successful surreal atmosphere. Anything but a sucker, this WC Fields.
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wendyvortex
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- 5196 messages
- 7279 votes
WC Fields tries to sell the script of his new film to a studio boss. He has never seen such a worthless nonsensical script. And that is exactly what we see here!! There is a before and after part. We start with some singing antics by Gloria Jean and we end with a big chase in slapstick style. This film is one big crazy chaos.
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