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Only Saps Work

1930 · Cyril Gardner · 77 min

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You Just Know It's Funny!

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.

Leon ErrolJames WilsonRichard ArlenLarry PayneMary BrianBarbara TannerStuart ErwinOscarAnderson LawlerHorace BaldwinCharley GrapewinSimeon TannerClarence BurtonSergeant Burns (uncredited)Nora CecilMrs. Partridge (uncredited)George ChandlerElevator Operator (uncredited)G. Pat CollinsRafferty (uncredited)Clifford DempseyDetective Smith (uncredited)Charles GiblynDr. Jasper (uncredited)Charlie HallWaiter (uncredited)George IrvingDr. White (uncredited)Fred KelseyMurphy (uncredited)

Cast

Leon ErrolJames WilsonRichard ArlenLarry PayneMary BrianBarbara TannerStuart ErwinOscarAnderson LawlerHorace BaldwinCharley GrapewinSimeon TannerClarence BurtonSergeant Burns (uncredited)Nora CecilMrs. Partridge (uncredited)George ChandlerElevator Operator (uncredited)G. Pat CollinsRafferty (uncredited)Clifford DempseyDetective Smith (uncredited)Charles GiblynDr. Jasper (uncredited)Charlie HallWaiter (uncredited)George IrvingDr. White (uncredited)Fred KelseyMurphy (uncredited)

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