W. C. Fields
Egbert Sousé
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A classic comedy from the irreverent W. C. Fields who unapologetically dismantles as many of the Production Code's rules as he can as he frequents the Black Pussy, a bar managed by Shemp Howard, one-third of the Three Stooges.
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- Comedy
- Edward F. Cline
- 1940-11-29
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.
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Brief Synopsis. When he foils two robberies in one day, the town drunkard is hired to guard the local bank. Cast & Crew. Read More. Edward Cline. Director. W. C. Fields. Egbert Sousé. Cora Witherspoon. Agatha Sousé. Una Merkel. Myrtle Sousé. Evelyn Del Rio. Elsie May Adele Brunch Sousé. Jessie Ralph. Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch. Photos & Videos.
- Edward Cline, Ralph Ceder, Fred Frank
- W. C. Fields
The Bank Dick. Egbert Sousé (W.C. Fields) 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 ...
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- W.C. Fields
- Edward F. Cline
- Comedy
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Milton Krasner. W.C. Fields stars as an unemployed, henpecked drunk who spends most of his time at the Black Pussy Cat café. Things take a turn for the absurd when he unwittingly captures a bank robber and lands a job as a security guard.
Dec 10, 2000 · "The Bank Dick" (1940) is probably Fields' best film, but his career resides not so much in individual films as in scenes and moments scattered here and there between his first short subject, in 1915, and his last films in the mid-1940s.
