Only Saps Work

    Only Saps Work
    1930

    Synopsis

    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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    Cast

    • Leon ErrolJames Wilson
    • Richard ArlenLawrence Payne
    • Mary BrianBarbara Tanner
    • Stuart ErwinOscar
    • Charley GrapewinSimeon Tanner
    • Anderson LawlerHorace Baldwin
    • Fred KelseyMurphy
    • Nora CecilMrs. Partridge
    • George IrvingDr. White
    • George ChandlerElevator Operator

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