Featuring Shemp Howard (of Three Stooges fame) as the bartender, Joe. It was also directed by Buster Keaton com-padre Edward F. Cline, so I imagine that you could play a veritable early-film-comedy "six degrees of separation" with this.
I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting - there's a bit of a drought in the middle, but the beginning (from the two old ladies at the mailbox) and the last thirty minutes or so had me laughing quite a lot.
I'm also glad to see that monty hated it, otherwise I'd have to reconsider my position.
The Bank Dick is a 1940 W.C. Fields vehicle about a lovable drunk (what else?) who gets no respect, but a whole lotta luck. This is fairly late in Fields' career, and he does look a little tired, but there are still some neat Vaudeville tricks, humorous banter, and I guess okay slapstick. Not sure they had a complete movie in there though. The main action has Fields' character accidentally foil a robbery, then becoming bank detective, getting his future son-in-law into trouble, and having to hide it from an over-zealous bank examiner. There's some joy there including a truly farcical chase scene. And check out Shemp Howard as the fairly straight bartender! But the stuff where Fields also accidentally becomes a film director feels tacked on at best. Comes out of nowhere, and disappears just as quickly, making an inconsequential last-minute return. Some of The Bank Dick works, a lot of it doesn't, but I could think of worse ways to spend an hour and some change.
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Jumping Elephant
Featuring Shemp Howard (of Three Stooges fame) as the bartender, Joe. It was also directed by Buster Keaton com-padre Edward F. Cline, so I imagine that you could play a veritable early-film-comedy "six degrees of separation" with this.Wise Jake
I don't know who likes it or who doesn't, but I thought it was consistently hilarious throughout.weirdboy
I did like the line delivered by the mother in the bank. Apart from that, I guess it's just not my kind of humor.Timec
I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting - there's a bit of a drought in the middle, but the beginning (from the two old ladies at the mailbox) and the last thirty minutes or so had me laughing quite a lot.I'm also glad to see that monty hated it, otherwise I'd have to reconsider my position.
mcmakattack
"I love children, especially girls aged 18 to 20"Says 60 year-old WC Fields
Rodney Dangerfield
I thought It's a Gift was great but I didn't laugh once at this.daisyaday
Well, the plot is terrible, disjointed and improbable, but Fields is superbly himself. I love it.Siskoid
The Bank Dick is a 1940 W.C. Fields vehicle about a lovable drunk (what else?) who gets no respect, but a whole lotta luck. This is fairly late in Fields' career, and he does look a little tired, but there are still some neat Vaudeville tricks, humorous banter, and I guess okay slapstick. Not sure they had a complete movie in there though. The main action has Fields' character accidentally foil a robbery, then becoming bank detective, getting his future son-in-law into trouble, and having to hide it from an over-zealous bank examiner. There's some joy there including a truly farcical chase scene. And check out Shemp Howard as the fairly straight bartender! But the stuff where Fields also accidentally becomes a film director feels tacked on at best. Comes out of nowhere, and disappears just as quickly, making an inconsequential last-minute return. Some of The Bank Dick works, a lot of it doesn't, but I could think of worse ways to spend an hour and some change.george4mon
how anyone can find W.C. Fields funny is a mystery to me.Rohit
God! Fields is always vexing.How much I loathe him
monty
So unfunny it hurts. This was a real chore to sit through.Buksemannen
Terrible movie ;Snicolaskrizan
not funny enoughhttp://1001movies.posterous.com/808