The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick (1940)

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.

Date of release
1940-11-29
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (135)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Comedy
Director
Edward F. Cline

Casting

Interesting facts

The Bank Dick, released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom, is a 1940 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Set in Lompoc, California, Fields plays Egbert Sousé, a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and ends up a bank security guard as a result.

Production

Alternative titles for the film were The Bank Detective and The Great Man. With the success of his two previous films, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man and My Little Chickadee, Fields was able to demand complete creative control. He wrote the script under the pseudonym of Mahatma Kane Jeeves. Principal photography began at Universal Studios in early September 1940. Parts of the film were shot on location in Lompoc, California.

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