Release Date

05 Dec, 1930

Runtime

01:17: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

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.

Original Title

Only Saps Work

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Actors

Leon Errol

Richard Arlen

Mary Brian

Stuart Erwin

Anderson Lawler

Charley Grapewin

Clarence Burton

Nora Cecil

George Chandler

G. Pat Collins

Clifford Dempsey

Charles Giblyn

Charlie Hall

George Irving

Fred Kelsey

Jack Richardson

Crew

Percy Heath

Earl S. Hayman

Sam Mintz

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Cyril Gardner

Edwin H. Knopf

Rex Wimpy

Edward Dmytryk

Owen Davis

Sam Mintz

Percy Heath

Joseph L. Mankiewicz

Ballard MacDonald

Dave Dreyer