---
title: 'The Bank Dick (1940)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward F. Cline'
released: '1940-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 72
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bank-dick-1940'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0032234/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Bank Dick (1940)

1940 · 72 min · Comedy · United States


## Synopsis

The Bank Dick, released as The Bank Detective in the United Kingdom, is a 1940 American comedy film starring W. C. Fields. Set in Lompoc, California, Fields plays Egbert Sousé, a drunk who accidentally thwarts a bank robbery and ends up a bank security guard as a result.

## Credits

- **Screenplay:** [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields)
- **Director:** [Edward F. Cline](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-f-cline)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Charles Previn](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-previn)
- **Director of Photography:** [Milton Krasner](https://cinepixo.com/people/milton-krasner)
- **Editor:** [Arthur Hilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/arthur-hilton)

## Cast

- [Grady Sutton](https://cinepixo.com/people/grady-sutton)
- [Jessie Ralph](https://cinepixo.com/people/jessie-ralph)
- [Shemp Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/shemp-howard)
- [Una Merkel](https://cinepixo.com/people/una-merkel)
- [Dick Purcell](https://cinepixo.com/people/dick-purcell)
- [W. C. Fields](https://cinepixo.com/people/w-c-fields)
- [Margaret Seddon](https://cinepixo.com/people/margaret-seddon)
- [Cora Witherspoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/cora-witherspoon)
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-pangborn)
- [Russell Hicks](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-hicks)
- [Reed Hadley](https://cinepixo.com/people/reed-hadley)

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