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.
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Writing:
Stars:
- Cyril Gardner
- Edwin H. Knopf
Writing:
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Percy Heath
- Sam Mintz
Stars:
Release Date: 1930-12-05
4.0/10
4.0/10
- Country: US
- Language: English
- Runtime: 77
Oscar
Lawrence Payne
Elevator Operator
Dr. White
James Wilson
Barbara Tanner
Simeon Tanner
Horace Baldwin
Murphy
Mrs. Partridge
