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The Bank Dick (1940)

 -  Comedy  -  29 November 1940 (USA)
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Henpecked Egbert Sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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Egbert Sousè
Cora Witherspoon ...
Agatha Sousè
Una Merkel ...
Myrtle Sousè
Evelyn Del Rio ...
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousè
Jessie Ralph ...
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn ...
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
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Joe Guelpe
Dick Purcell ...
Mackley Q. Greene (as Richard Purcell)
Grady Sutton ...
Og Oggilby
Russell Hicks ...
J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin ...
Mr. Skinner
Al Hill ...
Filthy McNasty
George Moran ...
Cozy Cochran
Bill Wolfe ...
Jack Norton ...
A. Pismo Clam
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Egbert Souse, "accent grave over the e", henpecked by his whole family, is recruited to replace a drunken film director, then seems to have captured a bank robber and is hired as guard in the Lompoc Bank, where Og Oggilby, his daughter's fiancée, is teller. Souse persuades Og to embezzle $500 to buy phony stock; then the bank examiner shows up. Can Souse keep him occupied for four days? The climax is an extended chase sequence. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

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

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29 November 1940 (USA)  »

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The Great Man  »

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(Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)

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1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Lompoc is properly pronounced "Lompoke". It was also founded as a Temperance town, probably another reason Fields picked it as his hometown in this film, and the towns people of the day disliked Fields for these two reasons. See more »

Goofs

When Dr. Stall gives Snoopington the bottle of pills, he is holding his pipe in his hand. In the next shot, his pipe is in his mouth. See more »

Quotes

Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch: [about Souse] He makes me sick!
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé: Shall I bounce a rock off his head?
Agatha Sousé: Respect your father, darling. What kind of a rock?
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Connections

Referenced in Rugrats: Let There Be Light/The Bank Trick (1992) See more »

Soundtracks

"Listen to the Mockingbird"
Music by Richard Milburn
Whistled by Shemp Howard.
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"The Bank Dick" easily makes my top-ten funniest movies of all time list. If you're curious about Fields and want a good introduction to his brand of humor, I suggest this, then "My Little Chickadee". For my tastes, "The Bank Dick" is the superior of the two.


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