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.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Bank Dick canonical | 4 |
Statements (46)
| 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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.