The Bank Dick

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The Bank Dick is a 1940 American comedy film starring W.C. Fields as a bumbling drunk who accidentally becomes a bank security guard.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
alsoKnownAs The Bank Detective NERFINISHED
basedIn fictional American town
blackAndWhite true
cinematographyBy Milton R. Krasner NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Edward F. Cline NERFINISHED
distributor Universal Pictures
editedBy Arthur Hilton NERFINISHED
era Classical Hollywood cinema
featuredPerformer Franklin Pangborn NERFINISHED
Shemp Howard NERFINISHED
featuresCharacterOccupation bank security guard
featuresCharacterTrait bumbling drunk
filmingStyle studio production
genre comedy film
hasCultFollowing true
hasFilmRating Approved
hasFormat black-and-white
hasTheme alcohol-fueled slapstick comedy
satire of small-town life
language English
mainCharacter Egbert Sousé NERFINISHED
mainCharacterPortrayedBy W. C. Fields NERFINISHED
musicBy Charles Previn NERFINISHED
notableFor W. C. Fields’ comedic performance
originalLanguage English
plotSummary A drunken layabout accidentally foils a bank robbery and is hired as a bank security guard.
producer Jack J. Gross NERFINISHED
productionCompany Universal Pictures
releaseDate 1940-11-29
releaseYear 1940
runtimeMinutes 72
screenDebutOf None
screenwriter W. C. Fields NERFINISHED
setInPeriod 20th century
starring Cora Witherspoon NERFINISHED
Dickie Jones NERFINISHED
Franklin Pangborn NERFINISHED
Grady Sutton NERFINISHED
Jessie Ralph NERFINISHED
Richard Purcell NERFINISHED
Shemp Howard NERFINISHED
Una Merkel NERFINISHED
W. C. Fields NERFINISHED
storyBy W. C. Fields NERFINISHED

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Etta McDaniel notableWork The Bank Dick
W. C. Fields notableWork The Bank Dick
Franklin Pangborn notableWork The Bank Dick
George Lloyd notableWork The Bank Dick