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The Bank Dick (1940) 7.3
Henpecked Egbert Sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard. Director:Edward F. ClineWriter:W.C. Fields (original screen play) |
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Egbert Sousè
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Cora Witherspoon | ... |
Agatha Sousè
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Una Merkel | ... |
Myrtle Sousè
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Evelyn Del Rio | ... |
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousè
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Jessie Ralph | ... |
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
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Franklin Pangborn | ... |
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
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Joe Guelpe
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Dick Purcell | ... |
Mackley Q. Greene
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Grady Sutton | ... |
Og Oggilby
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Russell Hicks | ... |
J. Frothingham Waterbury
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Pierre Watkin | ... |
Mr. Skinner
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Al Hill | ... |
Filthy McNasty
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George Moran | ... |
Cozy Cochran
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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 !Genres:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
29 November 1940 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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1.37 : 1
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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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Music by Richard Milburn
Whistled by Shemp Howard.
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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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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.