You Can't Cheat an Honest Man

W.C. Fields plays "Larsen E. Whipsnade", the owner of a shady carnival struggling to stay one step ahead of foreclosure and his own unscrupulous performers, including Edgar Bergen as himself and Charlie McCarthy. Whipsnade's life becomes even more complicated when his daughter falls in love with Bergen, and he must devise increasingly outlandish disguises to cover for absent performers while keeping his business afloat.