The Bank Dick
Comedy
Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !
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.
1940-11-29
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Cast
Director
Edward F. Cline
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
Jack Norton as A. Pismo Clam
Pat West as Assistant Director
Reed Hadley as Francois
Harlan Briggs as Doctor Stall
Eddie Acuff as Reporter (uncredited)
Nora Cecil as Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary (uncredited)
Jack Rube Clifford as Cop (uncredited)
Jan Duggan as Mrs. Muckle the Mother in Bank (uncredited)
Eddie Dunn as James the Chauffeur (uncredited)
Jack Gargan as Film Crewman (uncredited)
Dolly Haas as Script Girl (uncredited)
Fay Holderness as Lady Passerby (uncredited)
Bobby Larson as Clifford Muckle the Boy in Bank (uncredited)
Carey Loftin as Townsman (uncredited)
David Oliver as Straw-Hatted Teller (uncredited)
Pat O'Malley as Cop (uncredited)
Margaret Seddon as Old Lady in Car (uncredited)
Charles Sullivan as Pursuit Driver (uncredited)
Kay Sutton as Young Woman on Bench (uncredited)
Dorothy Vernon as Old Lady (uncredited)
Emmett Vogan as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Max Wagner as Shirtless Ditchdigger (uncredited)