Released Date:
1940-11-29
Languages:
English
Countries:
USA
Runtime:
72 min
Rated:
APPROVED
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (5006 Reviews)
Director:
Edward F. ClineGenres:
ComedyW.C. Fields (original screen play)
Egbert Sousè, "accent grave over the e", henpecked by his whole family, is recruited to replace a drunken film director, then seems to have captured a bank robber and is hired as guard in the Lompoc Bank, where Og Oggilby, his daughter's fiancèe, is teller. Sousè persuades Og to embezzle $500 to buy phony stock; then the bank examiner shows up. Can Sousè keep him occupied for four days? The climax is an extended chase sequence.
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