The Bank Dick Movie Review 1940

Fields wrote the screenplay (using an alias) and stars in this zany comedy about a man who accidentally trips a bank robber and winds up as a guard. Fields' last major role is a classic, a worthy end to his great career.

Distribution

Universal Studios Home Video, 100 Universal City Plz., Universal City, CA 91608-9955, Phone: (818)777-1000, Fax: (818)866-1483, URL: http://www.universalstudios.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 73 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Slapstick Comedy, Heists: Banks, Role Reversal, 4 Bones

Screenplay

W.C. Fields

Cast

W.C. Fields, Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel, Evelyn Del Rio, Jack Norton, Jessie Ralph, Franklin Pangborn, Shemp Howard, Grady Sutton, Russell Hicks, Richard Purcell, Reed Hadley

Cinematography

Milton Krasner

Director

Edward F. (Eddie) Cline

Producer

Mark Huffam

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1992.