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1940 · Movie · 1h 12m

The Bank Dick

CriticsCritics: 95
AudienceAudience: 6.9

A hard-drinking family man becomes an unlikely local hero after accidentally disrupting a bank robbery. Rewarded with a bank-guard job, he soon gets drawn into a questionable investment scheme, a nervous audit, and a series of increasingly chaotic situations.

My take

You’ll enjoy this if you like irreverent classic comedy, slapstick, and slow-burn absurdity; Not for you if you prefer tightly structured plots or consistently laugh-out-loud humor.

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Cast

Cora WitherspoonW.C. FieldsUna MerkelEvelyn Del RioJessie RalphFranklin PangbornShemp HowardDick Purcell

Director

Edward F. Cline

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