Comedy · United States of America · 1940 · 1h 12m

The Bank Dick

Director

Cast

W.C. Fields as Egbert Sousé Cora Witherspoon as Agatha Sousé Una Merkel as Myrtle Sousé Evelyn Del Rio as Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch Franklin Pangborn as J. Pinkerton Snoopington

Crew

Milton Krasner — Director of Photography Arthur Hilton — Editor Charles Previn — Original Music Composer W.C. Fields — Screenplay Jack J. Gross — Producer Vera West — Costume Design

Tagline

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

Synopsis

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.

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