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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

Director

Edward F. Cline

Year

Genre

comedy, musical

Box Office

N/A

Production

Universal Pictures

Awards

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The Great Man

Gloria

The Rival

Butch

Buddy

Mrs. Hemogloben

Margaret Dumont

Ouilotta Hemogloben

The Producer

Franklin Pangborn

The Producer's Wife

Pete Carson

Madame Gorgeous

The Salesgirl

The Soda Jerk

The Waitress

The Cleaning Woman

The Engineer

Receptionist

Builder on Sound Stage

Burly Man

Richard Alexander

Bitten Englishman

Diner with High Blood Pressure

Pianist

Cameraman

Stewardess

Mrs. Wilson

Doorman

Redhead

Harriette Haddon

Man

Huge Turk

Jack 'Tiny' Lipson

Police Officer

Charles McMurphy

Nurse

Sound Stage Workman

Charles Phillips

Passerby

Russian Magistrate Clines

Little Blonde Girl Dancing

A Great Dane

Stewardess

Stewardess

Beatrice Roberts

Joe - Jamo Drinker

Irate Automobile Driver

Spinster Passenger

Kathryn Sheldon

Builder on Sound Stage

Firetruck Driver

Old Lady with Newspaper

Gargo the Gorilla

Village Coachman

Michael Visaroff

Stage 6 Foreman

Assistant Director Johnson

Aspiring Actor

Tough Guy

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His Niece The Great Man Doorman Receptionist Huge Turk The Producer Bitten Englishman Mrs. Hemogloben Stewardess The Engineer The Soda Jerk Pete Carson

- How are you, Chuck?
- Hello, gorgeous. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

- How are you, Chuck? - Hello, gorgeous.

Oh, hello, mother, who
are you doubling today? - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Oh, hello, mother, who are you doubling today?

Was that a buptkie! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Was that a buptkie!

Hiya, tootie pie. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Hiya, tootie pie.

All five of them hit me at once. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

All five of them hit me at once.

Ah, good morning, beautiful. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Ah, good morning, beautiful.

Thank you, thank you. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Thank you, thank you.

No extra charge for the
cold shower, I hope. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

No extra charge for the cold shower, I hope.

If it isn't the steak it's something else - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

If it isn't the steak it's something else

Uh what's the amount of the insult That'll be 35 cents - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Uh what's the amount of the insult That'll be 35...

Have you any imported cigars Stingaroos Four for a nickel - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Have you any imported cigars Stingaroos Four for a nickel

You know if anybody ever comes in here and gives you a 10 tip - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You know if anybody ever comes in here and gives you a 10...

You're so clever - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You're so clever

Don't be so free with your hands - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Don't be so free with your hands

Baloney Mahoney malarkey ya big kabloona - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Baloney Mahoney malarkey ya big kabloona

Aren't you a little confused - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Aren't you a little confused

Aren't you a little confused? - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Aren't you a little confused?

Ha I forgot to take the cellophane off - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Ha I forgot to take the cellophane off

I forgot to take the cellophane off. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I forgot to take the cellophane off.

One, two, three, four, five. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

One, two, three, four, five.

This! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Eh, Johnson. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Quiet! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Gaily through - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

High in the sky above - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

High in the sky above

To spring. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Now, Gloria Jean, you've got to do
this number all the way through. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Now, Gloria Jean, you've got to do this number all the ...

Sing then about joyous springtime. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Sing then about joyous springtime.

Where are you going - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Where are you going

Godfrey Daniel - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You smoke vile cigars all day and drink whisky half the night - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You smoke vile cigars all day and drink whisky half the...

In the circus scene you wear a beard - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

In the circus scene you wear a beard

Take that Groucho Marx out of here please - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Take that Groucho Marx out of here please

I'll read it myself Mr Fields - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I'll read it myself Mr Fields

Must be a shriners' convention in town. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Must be a shriners' convention in town.

What's the matter sprain your ankle No no no A dog bit me - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

What's the matter sprain your ankle No no no A dog bit...

Here you are, Mr. fields. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Here you are, Mr. fields.

Get the other leg, please, thanks. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Get the other leg, please, thanks.

Somebody put too many olives in my martinis last night - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Somebody put too many olives in my martinis last night

Chickens they lay eggs in Kansas - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Chickens they lay eggs in Kansas

I didn't sleep well last night You didn't - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I didn't sleep well last night You didn't

Must have just gone through a cloud. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Must have just gone through a cloud.

Ha that's a hot one You were shaving me and I was shaving you - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Ha that's a hot one You were shaving me and I was...

- Ah, are you ready, dear?
- Be ready in a jiffy. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

- Ah, are you ready, dear? - Be ready in a jiffy.

- What are you drinking, uncle bill?
- Oh, just a little ginger ale, dear. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

- What are you drinking, uncle bill? - Oh, just a little gin...

Uncle bill! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Are you really a man Well I've been called other things - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Are you really a man Well I've been called other things

No The only game I've ever played is Beanbag - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

No The only game I've ever played is Beanbag

Uh shall we play another rubber - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Uh shall we play another rubber

Ah, shall we play another rubber? - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Ah, shall we play another rubber?

Romulus and Remus What are you doing here - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Romulus and Remus What are you doing here

Men, men, they're all alike. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Men, men, they're all alike.

Do you think he drinks - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Do you think he drinks

This script is an insult to a man's intelligence even mine - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

This script is an insult to a man's intelligence even...

How do you get to the Russian village I'll take care of it - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

How do you get to the Russian village I'll take care of...

I fell out of an airplane - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I fell out of an airplane

They say the old buzzard's husband walked out on her before the girl was born - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

They say the old buzzard's husband walked out on her...

- Hey, hey.
- Ah. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

- Hey, hey. - Ah.

Well, it hasn't killed you. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Well, it hasn't killed you.

- Uncle bill!
- Hello, dear! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

- Uncle bill! - Hello, dear!

Gargo. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Have you ever played squidgilum? - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Have you ever played squidgilum?

Have you ever played Squidulum No I've never heard of it - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Have you ever played Squidulum No I've never heard of...

Isn't it fun? The man that was up here
yesterday said this was a national game - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Isn't it fun? The man that was up here yesterday said t...

Mm. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

If a body meet a body - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

If a body meet a body

When the body met the body - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

When the body met the body

Marvellous Wonderful Amazing - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Marvellous Wonderful Amazing

Squidge - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I wonder where the contraption is
that starts this thing. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I wonder where the contraption is that starts this thing.

Did it hurt you Uncle - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Did it hurt you Uncle

Ah here we go - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Ah! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Oh for a Maxwell parachute - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Oh for a Maxwell parachute

You ready children - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You ready children

My Uncle Bill - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Oh dear everything seems to be going wrong - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Oh dear everything seems to be going wrong

Ahh, Leon! - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Suffering sciatica - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Suffering sciatica

What is it Uncle Bill I don't want you to get married - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

What is it Uncle Bill I don't want you to get married

We're falling 2 000 feet - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

We're falling 2 000 feet

That's all That's enough That's too much - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

That's all That's enough That's too much

I'm going and when I get back you'd better not be here - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

I'm going and when I get back you'd better not be...

Phew Gimme a drink I'm dying What'll it be - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Phew Gimme a drink I'm dying What'll it be

Phew I feel as though somebody stepped on my tongue - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Phew I feel as though somebody stepped on my tongue

It's killers like you that give the West a bad name - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

It's killers like you that give the West a bad name

So long, Tom...
I'd rather be in a saloon at that. - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

So long, Tom... I'd rather be in a saloon at that.

Fine fine I mean now don't worry about your Uncle Bill - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Fine fine I mean now don't worry about your Uncle Bill

You wanna grow up and be dumb like Zasu Pitts - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

You wanna grow up and be dumb like Zasu Pitts

Don't you wanna be smart No I wanna be like you - Never Give a Sucker an Even Break

Don't you wanna be smart No I wanna be like you

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A filmmaker attempts to sell a surreal script he has written, which comes to life as he pitches it.

User Rating: 0.0 (0 ratings)

Director: Edward F. Cline

Writer: John T. Neville, Prescott Chaplin, W.C. Fields

Production: Universal Pictures

Genre: comedy, musical

Year: 1941

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 7.1

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 10 Oct 1941

Awards: N/A

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