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Featuring Shemp Howard (Solo)
74 min. (Feature Film)
W. C. Fields is great as Egbert Souse ("accent grav on the e"), a dedicated drinker who ends up directing a picture, foiling a bank robbery and becoming the bank guard (or "dick"), involves the bank clerk in love with his daughter in buying mine stock with bank funds, and then stalling the bank examiner. One hilarious scene after another!
Shemp Howard plays "Joe Guelpe," Fields' best friend and bartender of the Black Pussy Cafe.
W. C. Fields
Egbert Souse
Cora Witherspoon
Agatha Souse
Grady Sutton
Og Oggilby
Una Merkel
Myrtle Souse
Jessie Ralph
Mrs. Hermisillo Brunch
Evelyn Del Rio
Elsie Mae Adele Brunch Souse
Shemp Howard
Joe Guelpe
Franklin Pangborn
J. Pinkerton Snoopington
Dick Purcell
Mackley Q. Greene
Pierre Watkin
Mr. Skinner
Russell Hicks
J. Frothingham Waterbury
Harlan Briggs
Dr. Stall
Fay Holderness
Passerby of Souse house
Vangie Beilby
Passerby of Souse house
Margaret Seddon
Old woman in car
Eddie Dunn
James
Bill Wolfe
Otis
Charles Sullivan
Greene's driver
Jack Norton
A. Pismo Clam
Arthur 'Pat' West
Assistant Director
Frankie Van
Film crewman
Monty Ford
Film crewman
Jack Gargan
Film crewman
Dolly Haas
Script girl
Reed Hadley
Francois
Heather Wilde
Miss Plupp
Lowden Adams
Francois' valet
Bonnie Washington
Miss Plupp's maid
William J. O'Brien
Movie onlooker
Tiny Jones
Movie onlooker
Al Hill
Filthy McNasty
George Moran
Cozy Cochran
Pat O'Malley
Cop
William Alston
Mr. Cheek
David Oliver
Teller
Russell Coles
Johnson
Carey Loftin
Scotty
Kay Sutton
Townswoman
Dorothy Vernon
Townswoman
Emma Tansey
Townswoman
Becky Bohanon
Girl
Tom Braunger
Boy
Gene Collins
Boy
Larry Harris
Boy
Frank Ward
Boy
Eddie Acuff
Reporter
Sam Rice
Mr. Petty
Frank Billy Mitchell
Depositor
Bobby Larson
Clifford Muckle
Jan Duggan
Clifford's mother
Emmett Vogan
Hotel clerk
Nora Cecil
Lompoc Ladies Auxiliary member
Patsy Moran
Lady with fruit hat
Fay Adler
Secretary
Charles Hart
Paperboy
Max Wagner
Ditch digger
Edward Thomas
Judkins
Joseph North
2nd butler
Mary Field
Townswoman
Carey Loftin
stunt driver
Ethelreda Leopold
scene deleted
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 1
Francois' chauffeur
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 2
Film crew
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 3
Filming onlookers
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 4
Bank customers
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 5
Angry motorist
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 6
Black Pussy customers
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 7
Lompoc House guests
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 8
Children
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 9
Bank robbery onlookers
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 10
Other townspeople
Unidentified THE BANK DICK 11
Motorcycle cop
Cliff Work
Executive Producer
Jack J. Gross
Associate Producer
A. C. Lyles
Associate Producer
Edward F. Cline
Director
W. C. Fields
Screenplay
Milton R. Krasner
Director of Photography
Arthur Hilton
Film Editor
Jack Otterson
Art Director
Richard H. Riedel
Art Director
Russell A. Gausman
Set Decoration
Vera West
Costume Design
Bernard B. Brown
Sound Supervisor
William Hedgcock
Sound Technician
Charles Previn
Original Music
Heinz Roemheld
Music
Edward Montagne
Assistant Director
Ralph Ceder
Collaborating Director
Cliff Shirpser
Assistant Cameraman
Matty Fox
Production Manager
Melinda Boss
Personal Assistant
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