
The Bank Dick
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.
Release Date: 1940-11-29
Comedy
★★★★★★★★★★ (121 votes)
Casts

W.C. Fields
as Egbert Sousé

Cora Witherspoon
as Agatha Sousé

Una Merkel
as Myrtle Sousé

Evelyn Del Rio
as Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé

Jessie Ralph
as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch

Franklin Pangborn
as J. Pinkerton Snoopington

Shemp Howard
as Joe Guelpe

Dick Purcell
as Mackley Q. Greene

Grady Sutton
as Og Oggilby

Russell Hicks
as J. Frothingham Waterbury