The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick, released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom, is a 1940 comedy film starring W.C. Fields.
==Plot==
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 approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury (Russell Hicks) about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby (Grady Sutton) to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington (Franklin Pangborn) then makes a surprise appearance.
==Cast==
*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
*Grady Sutton as Og Oggilby
*Franklin Pangborn as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
*Shemp Howard as Joe Guelpe
*Dick Purcell as Mackley Q. Greene
*Russell Hicks as J. Frothingham Waterbury
*Pierre Watkin as Mr. Skinner
*Jack Norton as A. Pismo Clam
*Al Hill as Filthy McNasty
*George Moran as Cozy Cochran
*Bill Wolfe as Otis
*Pat West as Assistant Director
*Reed Hadley as Francois
*Heather Wilde as Miss Plupp
*Harlan Briggs as Doctor Stall
*Bill Alston as Mr. Cheek
Category:1940 films
Category:American films
Category:English-language films
Category:Films
Category:1940s films
Category:American comedy films
Category:Comedy films
Category:American crime comedy films
Category:Crime comedy films
Category:American slapstick comedy films
Category:Slapstick films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Black-and-white films
Category:Universal Pictures films
Category:Films with screenplays by W.C. Fields
Category:Films directed by Edward F. Cline