The Bank Dick
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65% Critic Match

The Bank Dick

Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !

6.5 / 10 1940 1h 12mNR English
Comedy

Storyline

Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.

Cast & Crew

W.C. Fields

W.C. Fields

Egbert Sousé

Lead
Cora Witherspoon

Cora Witherspoon

Agatha Sousé

Una Merkel

Una Merkel

Myrtle Sousé

Evelyn Del Rio

Evelyn Del Rio

Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé

Jessie Ralph

Jessie Ralph

Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

Franklin Pangborn

Franklin Pangborn

J. Pinkerton Snoopington

Shemp Howard

Shemp Howard

Joe Guelpe

Dick Purcell

Dick Purcell

Mackley Q. Greene

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Edward F. Cline's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Bank Dick is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker