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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break(Movie, 1941)

1h 11min | Genre: Comedy
Never Give a Sucker an Even BreakRating: 3.3/5 (with 1212 votes)
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break (known in some international releases as What a Man!) is a 1941 Universal Pictures comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis. Fields plays himself, promoting an extravagant screenplay he has written. As he describes the script to a skeptical producer, the often surreal scenes are shown. The title is derived from lines from two earlier films. In Poppy (1936), he tells his daughter "If we should ever separate, my little plum, I want to give you just one bit of fatherly advice: Never give a sucker an even break!" In You Can't Cheat an Honest Man (1939), he tells a customer that his grandfather's last words, "just before they sprung the trap", were "You can't cheat an honest man; never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump." Fields fought with studio producers, directors, and writers over the content of his films. He was determined to make a movie his way, with his own script and staging, and his choice of supporting players. Universal finally gave him the chance, and Never Give a Sucker an Even Break was the result. Fields chose most of the supporting cast. He chose Universal's ... ()
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About 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.

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 6 languages: Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Swedish (SV), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 10/10/1941
Director: Edward F. Cline
Producer: Jack Gross
Screenwriter: John T. Neville
Film Editor: Arthur Hilton
Director of Photography: Charles Van Enger
Composer: Charles Previn
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"El pelele no tiene suerte"
Color: Black & White (B/W)

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:127497, Added: 03/25/2018, Last updated: 03/14/2024