The Bank Dick (released under the title The Bank Detective in England) is a 1940comedy 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 Eddie Cline. In addition to bank and family scenes, it features Fields pretending to be a film director and ends in a chaotic car chase. StoogeShemp Howard plays a bartender. W.C. Fields poster for the Motion Picture The Bank Dick This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Royal motto (French): Dieu et mon droit (Translated: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population - Total (mid-2004) - Density Ranked 1st UK 50. ... 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Airplane! is considered by some critics to be one of the funniest movies of all time. ... W.C. Fields in a scene from The Bank Dick W. C. Fields W. C. Fields (January 29, 1880 – December 25, 1946) was an American comedian and actor. ... The Three Stooges were an American comedy act in the 20th century. ... Samuel Shemp Howard / (Horwitz) (March 17, 1895 – November 22, 1955) was part of the Three Stooges comedy team. ...
The Bank Dick was Fields' last major role and is considered a classic as Fields works in his trademarked drunken henpecked husband, shrewish wife, and savage children with aplomb. The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the United States Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry. Library of Congress, Jefferson building The Library of Congress is the unofficial national library of the United States. ... The National Film Registry is the registry of films selected by the United States National Film Preservation Board for preservation in the Library of Congress. ...
Quotation
"Take off your hat in the presence of a gentleman." -- Fields to a capped bottle of whiskey.
This classic bit of dialogue:
Fields: "Was I in here last night, and did I spend a 20 dollar bill?"
Shemp: "Yeh!"
Fields: "Boy, is that a load off my mind. (chuckles) I thought I'd lost it!"
That someone else is dimwitted bank employee Og, whose natural conservatism is overcome by his ambition to be the son-in-law of Souse.
It would have made more sense to package these shorts with THE BANKDICK, since they all could have easily fit onto a single-sided RSDL disc and are quite mutually inclusive in their subject matter and in their appeal to the same audience.
But I think that THE BANKDICK is actually the property of Universal (its logo is on the packaging), so maybe ownership issues necessitated separate releases.
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