The Bank Dick (1940)
Henpecked Egbert Sousè has comic adventures as a substitute film director and unlikely bank guard. (imdb)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Directed By: Edward F. Cline
Written By: W.C. Fields
Starring: Franklin Pangborn, W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph, Shemp Howard
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The Bank Dick belongs to 28 collections
1. 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die (public: moderated by kozan26 - 196 stars)
2. Criterion Collection (public: moderated by caffe - 141 stars)
3. Roger Ebert: Great Movies (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 73 stars)
4. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 43 stars)
5. New York Times' The Best 1,000 Movies Ever Made (public: moderated by theficionado - 28 stars)
6. Netflix Instant (public: moderated by somnivore - 27 stars)
7. National Film Registry (public: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 22 stars)
8. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (public: moderated by Cinephile - 17 stars)
9. Doubling The Canon (public - 13 stars)
10. films101.com's 5 star films (public: moderated by ppinocchio - 11 stars)
11. Edgar Wright 1000 Favorite Movies (Aug 2016) (public: moderated by Aron Ericson - 8 stars)
12. List: Taschen (public: moderated by KasperL - 6 stars)
13. David Thomson's 1000 Films (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 6 stars)
14. Doubling The Canon (2010 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 5 stars)
15. They Shoot Pictures 1,000 Greatest Films (2007 revision) (public: moderated by Scottathon - 4 stars)
16. Profanity in title (public: moderated by Pickpocket - 3 stars)
17. They Shoot Pictures ex-Top 1,000 (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 3 stars)
18. Roger Ebert's 4-Star Movies (public: moderated by KirkJiggler - 2 stars)
19. Doubling the Canon (2011 update) (public: moderated by MMAlpha - 1 star)
20. Doubling the Canon (2012 update) (public: moderated by Cinephile - 1 star)
21. Djross great movies (private: djross - 2 stars)
22. Djross best film by this director (private: djross - 1 star)
23. Egbert's Top 25 (private: EgbertSouse)
24. Djross 1940s top twenty (private: djross)
25. 1940: Year in Review (private: polanski28)
26. Four-Star Movies (Gail Kinn & Jim Piazza) (private: Alex Watkins)
27. FThisMovie JB Better Yet! (private: djcrawfo)
28. Edgar Wright's 1000 Favorite Movies (private: coldesser)
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W.C. Fields mumbling is pure gold! And he mumbles a lot in The Bank Dick (1940). What comes out of his mouth is most bizarre stuff!
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Haha, it's funny because he's debilitated by alcoholism.
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I suppose The Bank Dick was considered cutting edge comedy at the time, but it's just okay to me.
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roujin | 50 34% |
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Fields acts drunk, people in 1940 laugh, people today pretend to laugh because it's allegedly a classic. For a funny drunk watch the original Arthur.
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| Feb 18, 2012 | bkam | 40 3% |
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sebby | 20 2% |
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WC Fields daringly takes a go at early method acting, imbibing voraciously on set between takes in an effort to make his on-screen portrayal of Egbert Souse as mumbly, incoherent, disgusting and uninteresting as possible.
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| Feb 02, 2012 | pzingg | 80 22% |
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Fields is brilliant as expected, and one or two of the smaller supporting performances were great (Shemp Howard really wrung out all he could from a tiny, straight role as the bartender and Franklin Pangborn actually got bigger laughs from me than Fields), but most were pretty bad. Especially loathsome was the guy that played Og, he really stunk and you couldn't get away from him. But, yeah, Fields was great and the physical gags were pretty good.
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daffodil907 | 69 59% |
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avgcrtckr | 59 63% |
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rant1229 | 32 85% |
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billkerwin | 86 71% |
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Every time I watch it, I'm surprised to find so many scenes that are dull and slow, but Fields--and Pangborn, Grady Sutton, Jessie Ralph and Una Merkel--more than make up for them.
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| Apr 30, 2011 | scollection | 40 5% |
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filmaffinity | 66 66% |
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As someone who doesn't find Fields entertaining, this was at least bearable and occasionally made me smirk. He's still a grating character and a lot of the humour falls flat, but at least the movie avoids the most egregious flaw of Fields films, endlessly drawn out jokes.
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redacted | 72 52% |
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Dated but charming in the way early comedies can be. So charming, in fact, that despite holding Sousè at gunpoint and the climactic car chase taking place, Repulsive Rogan take the time to replace the hat on his captives head.
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Slip shod production with a sometimes barely intelligible Fields. He's at his best when he's his most politically incorrect, yet we love him all the more for it.
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This film is really just about watching Fields yuk it up in a variety of loosely related set-pieces. Luckily, Fields is adept enough to make most of the gags worth at least a chuckle, and occasionally more. A pleasant enough time.
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tinythedogg | 70 66% |
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Even though I am not the biggest fan of WC Fields, I thought that this was a very delightful movie. Several funny gags involving slapstick humor with a little girl had me rolling. Some pretty funny stuff with the rest of his family as well. Got a bit of a kick seeing Shemp Howard in this as he was known for greatness as a member of the Three Stooges. A simple story with some good laughs make this a very watchable film.
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Has a few moments of sheer brilliance, and a few major head scratchers, but I liked it enough.
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| Nov 19, 2007 | webdw | 80 73% |
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One of my favorite Fields movies. It has all the usual Field comedic scenes plus a good car chase scene. A couple of Fields movies, beer and a tub of popcorn make a great Saturday night.
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| Nov 13, 2007 |  |
stepsideways | 94 86% |
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tonydal | 85 87% |
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| Aug 29, 2007 | caffe | 59 17% |
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Freder | 90 85% |
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Anyone who doesn't "get" Fields should probably stay away, but for the rest of us this is a straight-up shot of The Great Man -- not my favorite Fields, but certainly presents some of his key themes and situations in a top-notch fashion. Pangborn is a delightful foil for Fields as always.
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| Aug 13, 2007 |  |
kangadoodoo | 60 53% |
| Aug 13, 2007 | mws85 | 89 73% |
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