- HD 1080
- Runtime: 72m.
- Status: Released
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- Languages: en
- Country: United States of America
- Director: Edward F. Cline
- Stars: W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph
- keywords: daughter, california, bank robbery, alcoholic, security guard, bank heist, bank examiner, nagging wife
- Production_studio: Universal Pictures
- Slogan: Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !
- The The Bank Dick is featured in the top rankings of 1940
- #33 in Top Comedy Movies of 1940
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.