Only Saps Work (1930)
You Just Know It's Funny!
1930 · 1h 17m · Comedy, Crime
Genres: Comedy, Crime
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.
Director: Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf
Writers: Percy Heath, Sam Mintz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cinematography: Rex Wimpy
Editor: Edward Dmytryk
Cast
Leon Errol as James WilsonRichard Arlen as Larry PayneMary Brian as Barbara TannerStuart Erwin as OscarAnderson Lawler as Horace BaldwinCharley Grapewin as Simeon TannerClarence Burton as Sergeant Burns (uncredited)Nora Cecil as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)George Chandler as Elevator Operator (uncredited)G. Pat Collins as Rafferty (uncredited)Clifford Dempsey as Detective Smith (uncredited)Charles Giblyn as Dr. Jasper (uncredited)More like this
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