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The Bank Dick



W.C. Fields stars as an unemployed, henpecked drunk who spends most of his time at the Black Pussy Cat café. Things take a turn for the absurd when he unwittingly captures a bank robber and lands a job as a security guard. Written by Fields under the pseudonym Mahatma Kane Jeeves and featuring one of his most hilarious performances, The Bank Dick is an undisputed classic of American comedy. Criterion is proud to present Fields' last major film in a new digital transfer, with English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired.

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Did Criterion produced 2 covers for this title? I seen some Bank Dick dvds sold on Ebay that have a red stripe and others that have a pink stripe on the front. Here are examples:

Red Stripe

Pink Stripe

Are both editions legit, or is one a bootleg and the other one the real thing?

the redder one looks more like mine, but in reality it is kind of inbetween. Just check your seller ratings carefully and use paypal and you should be ok. It's not rare enough to start bootlegging I think. Amazon use to still have it for sale new a couple months ago.

For completists only, I think -- as the new non-Criterion release is considerably better.