Never Give a Sucker an Even Break
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break( known in some foreign 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, searching for a chance to promote a surreal screenplay he has written, whose several framed sequences form the film's center.
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 Ca n't Cheat an Honest Man"( 1939), he tells a customer that his grandfather's last words," just before they sprung the trap" were," You ca n'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 the resulting film," Never Give a Sucker an Even Break"( 1941), is a masterpiece of absurd humor in which Fields appeared as himself," The Great Man".
Fields hand- picked most of the supporting cast.
He chose Universal's young singing star Gloria Jean to play his niece, and got two of his favorite comedians, Leon Errol and Franklin Pangborn, to play supporting roles.
Margaret Dumont, familiar as the Marx Brothers' matronly foil, was cast as the haughty" Mrs. Hemogloben".
J. J. Murphy (politician)
J. J. Murphy served in the California legislature and was born in Canada.
He was a part of the California's 1st State Assembly district and served from 1924 – 1928.
After his first term, he resigned telling his constituents," Sacramento is no place for an honest Man"
You Can't Cheat an Honest Man
You Ca n't Cheat an Honest Man is a 1939 American comedy film directed by George Marshall and Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields.
Fields also wrote the story on which the film is based under the name Charles Bogle.
Procesado 1040
Procesado 1040 is a 1958 Argentine thriller film directed by Rubén W. Cavalloti.
The film involves an honest man who is wrongly imprisoned and explores the horror within the cold walls of the prison.
The Long Chance
The Long Chance is a 1922 American silent western film directed by Jack Conway and starring Henry B. Walthall, Marjorie Daw and Ralph Graves.
Jack Conway (filmmaker)
Jack Ryan Conway (July 17, 1887 – October 11, 1952) was an American film director and film producer, as well as an actor of many films in the first half of the 20th century.
George Marshall (director)
George E. Marshall (December 29, 1891 – February 17, 1975) was an American actor, screenwriter, producer, film and television director, active through the first six decades of film history.
Relatively few of Marshall's films are well-known today, with "Destry Rides AgainThe Blue DahliaThe Sheepman", and "How the West Was Won" being the biggest exceptions.
Marshall co-directed "
How the West Was Won" with John Ford and Henry Hathaway, handling the railroad segment, which featured a celebrated buffalo stampede sequence.
While Marshall worked on almost all kinds of films imaginable, he started his career in the early silent period doing mostly Westerns, a genre he never completely abandoned.
In the 1930s, he established a reputation for comedy, directing Laurel and Hardy in three classic films, and also working on a variety of comedies for Fox (Many of his films at Fox were destroyed in a vault fire in 1937).
Later in his career, he was particularly sought after for comedies.
He did around half a dozen films each with Bob Hope and Jerry Lewis, and also worked with W. C. Fields, Jackie Gleason, and Will Rogers.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
Everett Freeman
Everett Freeman( February 2, 1911 – January 24, 1991) was an American screenwriter and producer.
He wrote the films" 1,000 Dollars a MinuteMarried Before Breakfast The Chaser You Ca n't Cheat an Honest ManLarceny, Inc. George Washington Slept HereThank Your Lucky Stars The Princess and the PirateIt Happened on Fifth Avenue The Secret Life of Walter MittyLulu BelleMiss Grant Takes Richmond The Lady Takes a SailorPretty BabyJim Thorpe – All- American Too
Young to KissMillion Dollar MermaidDestination GobiKelly and MeMy Man Godfrey
Marjorie Morningstar The Glass Bottom BoatWhere Were You When the Lights Went Out? The Maltese Bippy" and" How Do I Love Thee?".
He died of kidney failure on January 24, 1991, in Westwood, Los Angeles, California at age 79.
Shriman Satyawadi
Shriman Satyawadi is a 1960 Hindi film, directed by S. M. Abbas.
Raj Kapoor, in the lead role is seen in this social drama as an honest man, who will experience only too well how difficult it is to compete in a dishonest world.

Question: Which film has the director born earlier, The Long Chance or You Can'T Cheat An Honest Man?
Answer: The Long Chance