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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break is a 1941 American comedy film directed by Edward F. Cline and starring W. C. Fields, Gloria Jean, and Leon Errol. Fields also wrote the original story, under the pseudonym Otis Criblecoblis.
A filmmaker pitches a surreal script to a studio executive, featuring W.C. Fields as a cigar-smoking, falling-from-an-airplane hero. The film is a satire of Hollywood and a showcase of Fields' zany humor and off-the-wall style.
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- Comedy, Musical
- Edward F. Cline
- 1941-10-10
What's the origin of the phrase 'Never give a sucker an even break'? Fields never did… This line is generally associated with W.C.Fields, who made a film of this name in 1943 and said it as an ad-lib in a stage production of the musical Poppy in 1923.
Mar 27, 2013 · To give someone an even break is, centrally, to divide something fairly with them, and metaphorically, to make a fair deal with them. A sucker is someone who is easily fooled. This is colloquial American English from the nineteenth century, and nobody’s sure anymore why it means that.
- Here break is used in the sense of division. To give someone an even break is, centrally, to divide something fairly with them, and metaphorically,...
- In this case "sucker" refers to someone who is particularly gullible. The sentence suggests that he will take advantage of a person (particularly,...
- It's from carnival showman PT Barnum - he had games of chance in his carnival that you just could not win which explains the meaning on the phrase....
- The expression "Never give a sucker an even break" means, as other answerers have indicated, never give someone you can take advantage of (by cheat...
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Never Give a Sucker an Even Break. Filmmaker Bill Fields (W.C. Fields) and his lovely niece, Gloria (Gloria Jean), are determined to sell a script to a producer (Franklin Pangborn). As they read...
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- Comedy
A classic film of W.C. Fields' off-beat humor, double-takes, and priceless lines. He plays himself as a scriptwriter who sells his absurd and bizarre script to a producer, involving a trip to Mexico to sell wooden nutmegs.
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