

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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Cast

W.C. Fields
The Great Man

Gloria Jean
His Niece

Leon Errol
His Rival

Billy Lenhart
His Heckler (as Butch)

Kenneth Brown
His Heckler (as Buddy)

Margaret Dumont
Mrs. Hemogloben

Susan Miller
Ouilotta Hemogloben

Franklin Pangborn
The Producer

Mona Barrie
The Producer's Wife

Charles Lang
The Young Engineer

Anne Nagel
Madame Gorgeous

Nell O'Day
The Salesgirl
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