Wednesday, May 28, 2014

The Bank Dick (1940)


Universal Pictures
Directed by Edward Cline
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb
(DVD, Universal)

Henpecked Fields spends most of his time in the Black Pussy Cat Cafe drinking away his problems. He talks his way into directing a picture, which turns into a complete disaster. Later, he accidentally stops a couple of bank robbers. As a reward, the bank president makes him a security guard. He convinces his son-in-law to be, a bank employee, to steal money to buy worthless stocks from a swindler he meets in the bar. He tries to cover up the crime by getting the bank auditor drunk. Luckily the bank robber shows up again and provides a way out of the mess. Fields is starting to show his age by this film: the pace is slower, the jokes not as fresh and he looks run down and tired.

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