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Only Saps Work (1930)
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.
Genre: Comedy
Cast: Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Charley Grapewin, Anderson Lawler
Crew: Percy Heath (Screenplay), Sam Mintz (Screenplay), Joseph L. Mankiewicz (Screenplay), Earl S. Hayman (Sound), Cyril Gardner (Director), Edwin H. Knopf (Director)
Subtitle: ETC.
Release: Dec 05, 1930
Popularity: 1.18
Language: English
Studio: Paramount Pictures
Country: United States of America