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Did W. C. Fields slip one by the censors?

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February 23, 2022

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When W. C. Fields made THE BANK DICK (1940) the hand of motion picture censorship hung heavy over motion picture production. Hear Fields utter the ultimate forbidden expletive at the 1:35 mark in this clip.

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