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The Bank Dick, released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom, is a 1940 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Set in Lompoc, California, Fields plays Egbert Sousé, a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and ends up a bank security guard as a result.
The Bank Dick: Directed by Edward F. Cline. With W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio. Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
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- Comedy
- Edward F. Cline
- 1940-11-29
Dec 10, 2000 · The Bank Dick is a 1940 comedy starring W. C. Fields as an alcoholic misanthrope who becomes a bank detective and a movie director. Roger Ebert praises Fields' improbable character, his timing and his surreal plots, despite the film's low quality.
A bank guard and a charlatan get involved in a mining scheme and a bank robbery. The Bank Dick is a classic slapstick comedy starring W.C. Fields, who also wrote the screenplay.
In The Bank Dick (1940), W.C. Fields satirizes small town America, poking fun at family life, law enforcement and the banking profession. You couldn't find a more perfect embodiment of Fields' peculiar brand of humor than the character of Egbert Souse (accent grahve over the e) who displays total irreverence toward authority: he constantly lies ...
- Edward Cline, Ralph Ceder, Fred Frank
- W. C. Fields
A classic of American comedy, The Bank Dick stars W.C. Fields as an unemployed drunk who becomes a security guard by accident. The film is written by Fields under a pseudonym and features his trademark wit and humor.
Egbert Sousé (W.C. Fields) 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...
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- Comedy
