The Bank Dick (1940)
| Release Date | 29 November 1940 |
| Genre | Comedy |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Lompoc, California, USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
The Bank Dick (released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom) is a 1940 comedy film. W. C. Fields plays a character named Egbert Sousé who trips a bank robber and ends up a security guard as a result. The character is a drunk who must repeatedly remind people in exasperation that his name is pronounced "Sousé – accent grave over the 'e'!", because people keep calling him "Souse" (slang for drunkard). In addition to bank and family scenes, it features Fields pretending to be a film director and ends in a chaotic car chase. The Bank Dick is considered a classic of his work, incorporating his usual persona as a drunken henpecked husband with a shrewish wife, disapproving mother-in-law, and savage children.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Evelyn Del Rio
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousè
Al Hill
Repulsive Rogan
George Moran
Loudmouth McNasty
Bill Wolfe
Otis
Pat West
Assistant Director
Heather Wilde
Miss Plupp
Harlan Briggs
Doctor Stall
William Alston
Mr. Cheek
Harriett De Bussman
Minor Role
Clyde Dembeck
Minor Role
Edward Hearn
Minor Role
Ethelreda Leopold
Minor Role
Patsy O'Byrne
Minor Role
Lowden Adams
Francois' valet
Fay Adler
Stenographer, Secretary
Vangie Beilby
Old lady with dog
Becky Bohanon
Girl
Melinda Boss
Secretary
Tom Braunger
Boy
Nora Cecil
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary
Eddie Coke
Young Man
Russell Coles
Bank Employee
Gene Collins
Boy
Jan Duggan
Mrs. Muckle - Mother in Bank
Eddie Dunn
James the Chauffeur
Monty Ford
Director's Assistant
Dorothy Haas
Script Girl
Larry Harris
Boy
Charles Hart
Minor Role
Fay Holderness
Lady passerby
Bobby Larson
Clifford Muckle, boy in bank
Carey Loftin
Bit Part
Billy Mitchell
Depositor withdrawing Money
Patsy Moran
Lady with fruit hat
Joseph North
Judkins, the Butler
William J. O'Brien
Minor Role
David Oliver
Straw-hatted teller
John Rawlings
Minor Role
Sam Rice
Minor Role
Jack Roper
Minor Role
Charles Sullivan
Pursuit Driver
Emma Tansey
Old woman on bench
Edward Thomas
Footman
David Thursby
Minor Role
Frankie Van
Director's Assistant
Dorothy Vernon
Old lady
Frank Ward
Boy
Bonnie Washington
Miss Plupp's maid
Director
Writer
Producer
Jack J. Gross
associate producer
Cliff Work
executive producer
Original Music
Frank Skinner
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Cinematographer
Milton R. Krasner
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Editor
Arthur Hilton
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Art Director
Jack Otterson
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Richard H. Riedel
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Set Decorator
Russell A. Gausman
Costume Designer
Vera West
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Production Manager
Matty Fox
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Ralph Ceder
second unit director
Edward Montagne
assistant director
Art Department
Richard H. Riedel
associate art director
Sound Department
Bernard B. Brown
sound supervisor
William Hedgcock
sound technician
Stunts
Carey Loftin
stunt driver, stunt coordinator
David Sharpe
stunt double: W. C. Fields
Charles Sullivan
stunts
Camera and Electrical Department
Cliff Shirpser
assistant camera
Music Department
Heinz Roemheld
composer: stock music
Frank Skinner
composer: stock music
Other Crew
Ralph Ceder
collaborating director
Melinda Boss
executive secretary: Mr. Fields
Richard Carroll
assistant to writer
Charles Grayson
assistant to writer
Production Company
Universal Pictures
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Distributor
Universal Pictures
Realart Pictures
Criterion Collection, The
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MCA/Universal Home Video
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