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Overview

User Rating:
7.5/10   2,790 votes
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Director:
Writer:
W.C. Fields (writer)
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Release Date:
29 November 1940 (USA) more
Genre:
Tagline:
Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !
Plot:
Henpecked Egbert Sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Classic Fields! more (37 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

W.C. Fields ... 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
Shemp Howard ... Joe Guelpe, Bartender
Dick Purcell ... Mackley Q. Greene, Movie Location Scout (as Richard Purcell)
Grady Sutton ... Og Oggilby
Russell Hicks ... J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin ... Mr. Skinner, Bank President
Al Hill ... Repulsive Rogan
George Moran ... Loudmouth McNasty
Bill Wolfe ... Otis
Jack Norton ... A. Pismo Clam, Movie Director
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Bank Detective (UK)
The Great Man (USA) (working title)
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Runtime:
72 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Trivia:
Universal's censors initially objected to W.C. Fields' script and demanded many changes. Director Edward F. Cline suggested that Fields should go ahead and film it their way, and that the front office wouldn't notice the difference. They didn't. more
Goofs:
Continuity: During the car chase, after Egbert Souse' has removed the windshield, it is back on the car twice, first, after passing the woman on the road, and second, when the chase is finished and the car comes to rest. more
Quotes:
Egbert Sousé: The jockey was a very insulting fellow. He referred to my proboscis as an adscititious excrescence. I had to tweak his nose. more
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Soundtrack:
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9 out of 9 people found the following comment useful.
Classic Fields!, 18 May 1999
8/10
Author: Squonk from Denver, CO

'The Bank Dick' is a wonderful piece of comedy from W.C. Fields. He plays the town loser, who is given a job as a bank security guard when it appears that he helped stop a bank robbery. Fields' scenes with Franklin Pangborn as the bank examiner are the highlight of the film. The climactic chase sequence, with Fields mentioning points of interest as he is chased by the police, is also hilarious. Only a sequence early in the film, in which Fields pretends to be a Hollywood film director, fails to delight. Overall, a comedy classic!

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