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The Bank Dick

1940 • 1h12m Comedy

Rating

6.5/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Edward F. Cline

Screenplay

W.C. Fields

Cast

W.C. Fields

Cora Witherspoon

Una Merkel

Release date

11/29/1940

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

128