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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.
The Bank Dick: Directed by Edward F. Cline. With W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio. Henpecked Egbert Sousé has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard.
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- Comedy
- Edward F. Cline
- 1940-11-29
The Bank Dick. Edward Cline’s 1940 American comedy starred W.C Fields playing Egbert Sousé. A drunk, Sousé mistakenly stops a bank robbery, in his employment as a bank...
Brief Synopsis. When he foils two robberies in one day, the town drunkard is hired to guard the local bank.
The Bank Dick (1940) ORIGINAL TRAILER. Directed by Edward F. Cline. With W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio. Blu-ray : https://amzn.to/3dHYm5u AKA: A bankdetektív ...
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.
Feb 28, 2016 · A classic W.C. Fields film wherein ne'er-do-well Fields manages to "capture" a bank robber, gets a job as a bank guard, directs a movie, and scores stock in the Beefsteak Mine. Still hilarious...
