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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

  • 19411941
  • PassedPassed
  • 1h 11m
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7.1/10
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W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
ComedyMusical
A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.
IMDb RATING
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2.4K
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    • Edward F. Cline
    • John T. Neville(screen play)
    • Prescott Chaplin(screen play)
    • W.C. Fields(original story)
  • Stars
    • W.C. Fields
    • Gloria Jean
    • Leon Errol
    • Edward F. Cline
    • John T. Neville(screen play)
    • Prescott Chaplin(screen play)
    • W.C. Fields(original story)
  • Stars
    • W.C. Fields
    • Gloria Jean
    • Leon Errol
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 37User reviews
    • 24Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    W.C. Fields in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
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    W.C. Fields and Gloria Jean in Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (1941)
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    W.C. Fields
    W.C. Fields
    • The Great Man
    Gloria Jean
    Gloria Jean
    • Gloria
    Leon Errol
    Leon Errol
    • The Rival
    Billy Lenhart
    • Butch
    • (as Butch)
    Kenneth Brown
    • Buddy
    • (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
    • Pete Carson
    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 Woman
    Emmett Vogan
    • The Engineer
    Carlotta Monti
    Carlotta Monti
    • Receptionist
    Fred Aldrich
    Fred Aldrich
    • Builder on Sound Stage
    • (uncredited)
      • Edward F. Cline
      • John T. Neville(screen play)
      • Prescott Chaplin(screen play)
      • W.C. Fields(original story)
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      In the soda-shop scene, Fields turns to the camera and announces that the scene was supposed to have been filmed in a saloon "but the censor cut it out". He was telling the truth.
    • Goofs
      When the ladder of the fire truck lifts the car into the air, a shadow on the front of the building reveals the rigging and crane that actually did the lifting.
    • Quotes

      His Niece: We're falling 2,000 feet!

      The Great Man: It's all right, dear. Don't start worrying 'til we get down 1,999. It's the last foot that's dangerous.

    • Crazy credits
      The film opens with W. C. Fields' credit as star over a cartoon caricature of him. Then the chest of the character expands to bloated proportions, and the title of the film is printed on Fields' huge cartoon chest.
    • Connections
      Edited into In Society (1944)
    • Soundtracks
      Estrellita
      (1912) (uncredited)
      Written by Manuel M. Ponce
      Sung by Gloria Jean

    User reviews37

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    One of the Great Chase scenes
    W.C. Fields movies are always filled with his unique brand of humor, none more so that than "Sucker". If you see only one Fields film this should be it. The chase scene at the end is one of the best from the 1940's and still holds up decently today.
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    • Jan 3, 1999

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    • Release date
      • October 10, 1941 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
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    • Filming locations
      • Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Universal Pictures
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    Technical specs

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    • 1 hour 11 minutes
      • Black and White

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