Only Saps Work poster
Basic Info
Release: December 05, 1930
Rating: ⭐ 5.5/10 (2 votes)

Only Saps Work

1930 ⭐ 5.5/10 2 votes
Overview

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.

Genres
Comedy Crime
Production Countries
  • United States of America
Spoken Languages
  • English en

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Cast
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)
Crew
Percy Heath
Screenplay
Sam Mintz
Screenplay
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay
Cyril Gardner
Director
Edwin H. Knopf
Edwin H. Knopf
Director
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