The Bank Dick (1940) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

1940 · 72 mins · English

Directed by

Edward F. Cline

Starring

Una Merkel, Mary Field, Franklin Pangborn, Dolly Haas, Jessie Ralph, W.C. Fields

After a robbery leaves a bank’s vault empty, Egbert Sousé unintentionally becomes a hero when a fleeing robber trips over the bench he’s sitting on. Praised for his bravery, Egbert is hired as a bank guard. He is then approached by the con‑artist J. Frothingham Waterbury, who offers him shares in a dubious mining venture. Convincing teller Og Oggilby to loan him bank funds, Egbert plans to repay them once the scheme succeeds—until the sudden arrival of the meticulous bank inspector Snoopington threatens to expose everything.