The Bank Dick

Name: The Bank Dick
Director: Edward Cline
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1940
Duration: 1 h 9 min
Cast: W C Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph

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Comedy

1940
Edward Cline
69 mins
U

Summary

Comedy starring WC Fields. Egbert Sousé does nothing more strenuous than lift a few liquid stimulants daily at the Black Pussy Cat café. But then he finds himself stuck with a job when he inadvertently foils a bank robbery.

Review

A star rating of 4 out of 5.

David Parkinson

Scripted by WC Fields under the name of Mahatma Kane Jeeves, this is one of his finest comedies. Playing the wonderfully named Egbert Sousé, Fields growls and grumbles his way through some inspired routines as the indolent passer-by who is rewarded with the post of bank detective after inadvertently foiling a raid. Even though several gags are rehashed from his celebrated shorts, they are done to a crisp by Fields and a superb supporting cast, of which Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel and Jessie Ralph are outstanding as the women who delight in wearily pointing out the shortcomings he considers his assets.

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Cast

rolenameEgbert SouséW C FieldsAgatha SouséCora WitherspoonMyrtle SouséUna MerkelElsie May Adele Brunch SouseEvelyn Del RioMrs Hermisillo BrunchJessie RalphJ Pinkerton SnoopingtonFranklin PangbornJoe GuelpeShemp HowardMackley Q GreeneDick PurcellOg OggilbyGrady SuttonJ Frothingham WaterburyRussell HicksMr SkinnerPierre WatkinFilthy McNastyAl HillCozy CochranGeorge Moran

Crew

rolenameDirectorEdward ClineCollaborating directorRalph Ceder

Details

Theatrical distributor

Rank Film Dists Ltd

Languages

English

Available on

DVD

Formats

Black and white