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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 12m•NR• 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
Egbert Sousé
Lead
Cora Witherspoon
Agatha Sousé
Una Merkel
Myrtle Sousé
Evelyn Del Rio
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé
Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Shemp Howard
Joe Guelpe
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.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Bank Dick is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
