The Bank Dick (1940)
"Was His Face Red . . . And His Nose, Too ! when the bandits took the money . . . and the SAFE !"
ThumbScore
👍 80%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.
Critics Score
🎬 96%
(RT: 96%) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
W.C. Fields as Egbert Sousé
Cora Witherspoon as Agatha Sousé
Una Merkel as Myrtle Sousé
Evelyn Del Rio as Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé
Jessie Ralph as Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Franklin Pangborn as J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Shemp Howard as Joe Guelpe
Dick Purcell as Mackley Q. Greene
Is The Bank Dick good?
Most people think so. 80% audience score, estimated from 133 TMDB ratings. Critics gave it 96%.
Overview
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. Wikipedia ↗
