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W. C. Fields As Egbert Sousc Tries To Make Good Of His Drinking And Smoking And Lollygagging By Directing Films On The Sly And Guarding His Local Bank From Ne'er Do Wells Like Himself In This Classic Comedy Caper Costarring The Lovely Una Merkel And Also Starring Three Stooges Star Shemp Howard, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Black/White, 1940, 1 Hour 12 Minutes.)
Directors:
Edward F. Cline
Writers:
Mahatma Kane Jeeves (Pseudonym For W.C. Fields) (Screen Play)
Cast:
W.C. Fields ... Egbert Sousc
Cora Witherspoon ... Agatha Sousc
Una Merkel ... Myrtle Sousc
Evelyn Del Rio ... Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousc
Jessie Ralph ... Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn ... J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Shemp Howard ... Joe Guelpe
Dick Purcell ... Mackley Q. Greene (as Richard Purcell)
Grady Sutton ... Og Oggilby
Russell Hicks ... J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin ... Mr. Skinner
Al Hill ... Filthy McNasty
George Moran ... Cozy Cochran
Bill Wolfe ... Otis
Jack Norton ... A. Pismo Clam
Pat West ... Assistant Director
Reed Hadley ... Francois
Heather Wilde ... Miss Plupp
Harlan Briggs ... Dr. Stall
William Alston ... Mr. Cheek (as Bill Alston)
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 Souse, a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and ends up a bank security guard as a result. The film was written by Fields, using his alias Mahatma Kane Jeeves (derived from the Broadway drawing-room comedy cliche "My hat, my cane, Jeeves!"),and directed by Edward F. Cline. The film also stars Una Merkel, Richard Purcell, Shemp Howard (of the Three Stooges), Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jessie Ralph and Cora Witherspoon. In 1992, The Bank Dick was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Alternative titles for the film were The Bank Detective and The Great Man. With the success of his two previous films, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man and My Little Chickadee, Fields was able to demand complete creative control. Principal photography began in early September 1940. The Bank Dick received many favorable reviews.
W. C. Fields As Egbert Sousc Tries To Make Good Of His Drinking And Smoking And Lollygagging By Directing Films On The Sly And Guarding His Local Bank From Ne'er Do Wells Like Himself In This Classic Comedy Caper Costarring The Lovely Una Merkel And Also Starring Three Stooges Star Shemp Howard, Presented In The Highest DVD Quality MPG Video Format Of 9.1 MBPS As An Archival Quality All Regions Format DVD, MP4 Video Download Or USB Flash Drive! (Black/White, 1940, 1 Hour 12 Minutes.)
Directors:
Edward F. Cline
Writers:
Mahatma Kane Jeeves (Pseudonym For W.C. Fields) (Screen Play)
Cast:
W.C. Fields ... Egbert Sousc
Cora Witherspoon ... Agatha Sousc
Una Merkel ... Myrtle Sousc
Evelyn Del Rio ... Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousc
Jessie Ralph ... Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn ... J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Shemp Howard ... Joe Guelpe
Dick Purcell ... Mackley Q. Greene (as Richard Purcell)
Grady Sutton ... Og Oggilby
Russell Hicks ... J. Frothingham Waterbury
Pierre Watkin ... Mr. Skinner
Al Hill ... Filthy McNasty
George Moran ... Cozy Cochran
Bill Wolfe ... Otis
Jack Norton ... A. Pismo Clam
Pat West ... Assistant Director
Reed Hadley ... Francois
Heather Wilde ... Miss Plupp
Harlan Briggs ... Dr. Stall
William Alston ... Mr. Cheek (as Bill Alston)
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 Souse, a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and ends up a bank security guard as a result. The film was written by Fields, using his alias Mahatma Kane Jeeves (derived from the Broadway drawing-room comedy cliche "My hat, my cane, Jeeves!"),and directed by Edward F. Cline. The film also stars Una Merkel, Richard Purcell, Shemp Howard (of the Three Stooges), Franklin Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jessie Ralph and Cora Witherspoon. In 1992, The Bank Dick was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant." Alternative titles for the film were The Bank Detective and The Great Man. With the success of his two previous films, You Can't Cheat an Honest Man and My Little Chickadee, Fields was able to demand complete creative control. Principal photography began in early September 1940. The Bank Dick received many favorable reviews.