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The Bank Dick (1940) | User Rating
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DVD Release Date
• R1: Aug 15, 2000
Running Time
1 hour, 14 minutes
Country USA
Studio Universal
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Other Titles
• The Bank Dick
• The Bank Detective (1940)
• The Great Man (1940)
• Bank Detective
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Genre: Comedy, Slapstick, Cult Classic, Thieves, Scams And Cons, Marriage, Doctor, Farce, Satire
Plot: The great W.C. Fields wrote and stars in this zany Universal comedy. He plays Egbert Sousé (pronounced "Soo-zay"), a genial, unemployed lush who endures a miserable family life until the day he accidentally trips up a bank robber and becomes the town hero. The bank manager rewards him with a detective job and Egbert takes advantage of this new situation by embezzling funds in order to buy stock in a beefsteak mine. All hell breaks loose when a determined bank examiner (Franklin Pangborn) shows up in town to go through the books, and the mayhem ends in a hilarious car chase. The film also features Shemp Howard as the local bartender, Una Merkel as Field's daughter, and Grady Sutton as her whining boyfriend. This was one of Field's last, and best comedies, directed in typically uninhibited fashion by Eddie Cline.
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| Directed by |
Edward F. Cline
My Little Chickadee, One Week, Never Give a Sucker an Even Break |
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| Written by |
W.C. Fields
It's a Gift, Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of Dav, My Little Chickadee |
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| Cast |
W.C. Fields
It's a Gift, Personal History, Adventures, Experience, and Observation of Dav, My Little Chickadee |
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The Parent Trap, Destry Rides Again, 42nd Street | | Jessie Ralph
Captain Blood, After the Thin Man, San Francisco | | Shemp Howard
Abbott and Costello: Hold That Ghost, Hellzapoppin, Buck Privates | |
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| Music By |
Charles Previn
Never Give a Sucker an Even Break, Horror Island, Follow the Band |
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