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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 is a classic comedy film starring W.C. Fields as Egbert Sousé, a henpecked husband who becomes a film director and a bank guard by accident. The film features hilarious scenes of Fields's dry humor, slapstick, and wordplay, as well as a plot full of twists and turns.
Bank Dick, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Hearty Handclasp Now a town hero for having foiled a robbery, inebriate Egbert Sousè (screenwriter W.C. Fields) attempts to visit the bank president (Pierre Watkin), who has a lame handshake and offer, in The Bank Dick, 1940.
A bank guard and a charlatan get involved in a mining scheme and a bank robbery. The Bank Dick is a classic slapstick comedy starring W.C. Fields, who also wrote the screenplay.
Dec 10, 2000 · The Bank Dick is a 1940 comedy starring W. C. Fields as an alcoholic misanthrope who becomes a bank detective and a movie director. Roger Ebert praises Fields' improbable character, his timing and his surreal plots, despite the film's low quality.
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...
A classic of American comedy, The Bank Dick stars W.C. Fields as an unemployed drunk who becomes a security guard by accident. The film features his trademark wit, wordplay and slapstick humor in a hilarious plot.
