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Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work

1930 77min EN

Rubber-legged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramount's Only Saps Work. Based on a play by Owen Davis Sr., the film casts Errol as James Wilson, a kleptomaniac who starts with picking pockets and ends up robbing a bank. Wilson's friend Lawrence Payne (Richard Arlen) inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists, ending up in deep doo-doo with the law. Before Wilson is able to extricate Payne from his dilemma for the sake of heroine Barbara Tanner (Mary Brian), he pauses long enough to pose as a private eye -- and even gives bellboy Oscar (Stu Erwin) tips on how to spot a crook! If only all of Leon Errol's feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work.

director: Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf

cast: Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin

external: IMDb

Comedy

Crime

Credits

Leon Errol

Leon Errol

James Wilson

Richard Arlen

Richard Arlen

Larry Payne

Mary Brian

Mary Brian

Barbara Tanner

Stuart Erwin

Stuart Erwin

Oscar

Anderson Lawler

Anderson Lawler

Horace Baldwin

Charley Grapewin

Charley Grapewin

Simeon Tanner

Clarence Burton

Clarence Burton

Sergeant Burns (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Nora Cecil

Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)

George Chandler

George Chandler

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

G. Pat Collins

Rafferty (uncredited)

Clifford Dempsey

Clifford Dempsey

Detective Smith (uncredited)

Charles Giblyn

Charles Giblyn

Dr. Jasper (uncredited)

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