The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 12m.
Synopsis
Egbert Sousé becomes an unexpected hero when a bank robber falls over a bench he's occupying. Now considered brave, Egbert is given a job as a bank guard. Soon, he is approached by charlatan J. Frothingham Waterbury about buying shares in a mining company. Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington then makes a surprise appearance.
Ratings
IMDb7.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
132 audience votes
Key crew
- Edward F. ClineDirector
- Charles PrevinOriginal Music Composer
- W.C. FieldsScreenplay
Cast
- W.C. FieldsEgbert Sousé
- Cora WitherspoonAgatha Sousé
- Una MerkelMyrtle Sousé
- Evelyn Del RioElsie Mae Adele Brunch Sousé
- Jessie RalphMrs. Hermisillo Brunch
- Franklin PangbornJ. Pinkerton Snoopington
- Shemp HowardJoe Guelpe
- Dick PurcellMackley Q. Greene
- Grady SuttonOg Oggilby
- Russell HicksJ. Frothingham Waterbury
- Pierre WatkinMr. Skinner
- Al HillFilthy McNasty aka Rupulsive Rogan