Only Saps Work 1930
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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.
- Released: 1930-12-05
- Runtime: 77 minutes
- Genre: Comedy
- Stars: Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Charley Grapewin
- Director: Percy Heath, Sam Mintz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Earl S. Hayman, Cyril Gardner
- Source: Layarstar
