The Bank Dick (1940)
"Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !"

Title: The Bank Dick
Original Title: The Bank Dick
Release Date: 1940-11-29
Status: Released
Rating: 6.5/10 (from 118 votes)
Language: EN
Genres: Comedy
Production Companies: Universal Pictures
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.
Cast

W.C. Fields
Egbert Sousé

Cora Witherspoon
Agatha Sousé

Una Merkel
Myrtle Sousé

Evelyn Del Rio
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé

Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

Franklin Pangborn
J. Pinkerton Snoopington

Shemp Howard
Joe Guelpe

Dick Purcell
Mackley Q. Greene

Grady Sutton
Og Oggilby

Russell Hicks
J. Frothingham Waterbury