The Bank Dick

The Bank Dick (released under the title The Bank Detective in England) is a 1940 comedy film in which W. C. Fields plays a character who trips a bank robber and ends up a security guard as a result. The film was written by Fields, using the alias Mahatma Kane Jeeves ("My hat, my cane, Jeeves!"), and directed by Edward F. Cline. In addition to bank and family scenes, it features Fields pretending to be a film director and ends in a chaotic car chase. Stooge Shemp Howard plays a bartender.

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:01:48

Egbert Souse?

:01:50

- Isn't that an odd name?
- It isn't pronounced Souse.

:01:54

Accent grave over the "E."
Egbert "Sou-say. "

:01:58

Oh, I see.

:02:05

What's he up to now?
What is he up to?

:02:08

Your guess is as good as mine, Ma.
I never know what to expect next.

:02:11

I bet you anything he's smoking
up in his room again.

:02:14

This time, Agatha,
you've got to just tell him to stop.

:02:18

- His smokin' gave me asthma.
- Oh, Ma.

:02:21

- If you don't, I'm going on the County.
- Ma!

:02:25

Imagine a man trying
to take care of his family...

:02:28

by going to theater bank nights, working
puzzle contests and suggesting slogans.

:02:33

Telephone's ringing.

:02:36

Don't answer it, Elsie Mae. It's probably
the Lacavas wantin' their lawn mower back.

:02:39

We're not
finished with it yet.

:02:43

- Hello, daughter.
- Hello.

:02:45

- Hello, Myrtle.
- Hello.

:02:47

- Hello.
- Hello.

:02:49

Agatha, this time you've got
to tell him. I just can't stand it.

:02:54

It's just a lingering death.

:02:57

If you don't,
I will go on the County!

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