The Bank Dick
Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !
6.5(131) 1940-11-29 72 minComedy
Egbert Sousé 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 bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
Original Music ComposerCharles Previn
ScreenplayW.C. Fields
DirectorEdward F. Cline
ProducerJack J. Gross
Cast & characters
W.C. Fields
as Egbert Sousé
Cora Witherspoon
as Agatha Sousé
Una Merkel
as Myrtle Sousé
Evelyn Del Rio
as Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé
Jessie Ralph
as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn
as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Shemp Howard
as Joe Guelpe
Dick Purcell
as Mackley Q. Greene
Grady Sutton
as Og Oggilby
Russell Hicks
as J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin
as Mr. Skinner
Al Hill
as Filthy McNasty aka Rupulsive Rogan
George Moran
as Cozy Cochran aka Loudmouth Nasty
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Bill Wolfe
as Otis
Jack Norton
as A. Pismo Clam
Pat West
as Assistant Director
Reed Hadley
as Francois
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Heather Wilde
as Miss Plupp
Harlan Briggs
as Doctor Stall
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William Alston
as Mr. Cheek
Eddie Acuff
as Reporter (uncredited)
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Lowden Adams
as Francois' Valet (uncredited)
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Fay Adler
as Secretary / Stenographer (uncredited)
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Vangie Beilby
as Old Lady with Dog (uncredited)
