The Bank Dick 1940

Name: The Bank Dick
Released: 1940-11-29
Cast: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Edward F. Cline
Written by:	W.C. Fields
Runtime:	72 minutes
Critics score:	100 / 100
Tagline:	Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !