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Only Saps Work
1930, Dec 05
1h 17m
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.
Directed by
Edwin H. Knopf, Cyril Gardner
Richard Arlen
Larry Payne
Stuart Erwin
Oscar
Charley Grapewin
Simeon Tanner
Fred Kelsey
Murphy (uncredited)
Mary Brian
Barbara Tanner
George Chandler
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
Leon Errol
James Wilson
Charlie Hall
Waiter (uncredited)
George Irving
Dr. White (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Chef (uncredited)
Anderson Lawler
Horace Baldwin
Clarence Burton
Sergeant Burns (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Rafferty (uncredited)
Clifford Dempsey
Detective Smith (uncredited)
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