Egbert Sousé (W.C. Fields) 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 (Russell Hicks) about buying shares in a mining company.
Egbert persuades teller Og Oggilby (Grady Sutton) to lend him bank money, to be returned when the scheme pays off. Unfortunately, bank inspector Snoopington (Franklin Pangborn) then makes a surprise appearance.
Director: | Edward Cline |
Producer(s): | Edward Muhl, Nate Blumberg |
Cast: | Cora Witherspoon, Evelyn Del Rio, Jessie Ralph, Shemp Howard, Dick Purcell, Russell Hicks |