Ben Mankiewicz Intro - The Bank Dick (1940)

Bank Dick, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Motion Picture History

Lush Egbert Sousè (screenwriter and star W.C. Fields) has bluffed his way into substitute-directing a movie shooting in his hometown, Reed Hadley his star, his young daughter (Evelyn Del Rio) blowing it, in The Bank Dick, 1940.

Bank Dick, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Hearty Handclasp

Now a town hero for having foiled a robbery, inebriate Egbert Sousè (screenwriter W.C. Fields) attempts to visit the bank president (Pierre Watkin), who has a lame handshake and offer, in The Bank Dick, 1940.

Bank Dick, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) Cod Liver Oil Mine

His mother and wife (Cora Witherspoon, Una Merkel) and younger daughter (Evelyn Del Rio) griping, Egbert Sousè (W.C. Fields, star and screenwriter, his first scene) escapes, joining barkeep Joe (Shemp Howard), early in The Bank Dick, 1940.

Bank Dick, The (1940) -- (Movie Clip) New Old Lompoc House

Now on the job, Sousè (W.C. Fields, also screenwriter) observes son-in-law-to-be "Og" (Grady Sutton) executing the embezzlement scheme he proposed, until the bank examiner (Franklin Pangborn) appears, in The Bank Dick, 1940.