IMDb RATING
7.1/10
7.8K
YOUR RATING
Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
- Awards
- 1 win
Dick Purcell
- Mackley Q. Greene
- (as Richard Purcell)
- Director
- Writers
- W.C. Fields
- Richard Carroll(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
Storyline
Did you know
- Trivia"Mahatma Kane Jeeves" (the pseudonym used by W.C. Fields as screenwriter) is a play on words from stage plays of the era. "My hat, my cane, Jeeves!" And in fact, at the end of the film his butler does hand him his hat and his cane.
- GoofsWhen W.C. Fields enters the hotel room of J. Pinkerton Snoopington, a hand can be seen on the doorknob on the other side pulling the door shut.
- Quotes
Egbert Sousé: [at the bar of the Black Pussy Cat cafe] Was I in here last night and did I spend a twenty dollar bill?
Joe Guelpe: Yeah.
Egbert Sousé: Oh boy, what a load that is off my mind! I thought I'd lost it.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Frances Farmer Presents: Bank Dick (1958)
- SoundtracksHome Sweet Home
(1823) (uncredited)
Music by H.R. Bishop
Background music near the beginning of the movie and at the end
Featured review
One of the comedian's best.
"The Bank Dick" is the most consistently funny comedy from W.C Fields. The routines and the dialogue are far above average, as is Fields himself. The plot concerns a small town loafer who first becomes a movie director during a film's shoot. Later on, he accidentally foils an attempted robbery at the local bank. For his reward, W.C Fields is employed as the bank's security guard. All kinds of comic mayhem ensure! Released in 1940, "The Bank Dick" was about the last film of any quality from W.C Fields. He only lived a few more years and his chronic drinking was getting the better of him. The laughs are pretty good here and Fields has dialogue that's worthy of his style.
helpful•90
- alexanderdavies-99382
- Jul 29, 2017
Details
- Runtime1 hour 12 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
Contribute to this page
Suggest an edit or add missing content