Only Saps Work

Dec 5, 1930

1h 17m

★ 6.0

You Just Know It's Funny!

Overview

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.

Genres

Comedy

Crime

Production Companies

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Publix Corp.

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Cast

James Wilson

Leon Errol

Larry Payne

Richard Arlen

Barbara Tanner

Mary Brian

Oscar

Stuart Erwin

Horace Baldwin

Anderson Lawler

Simeon Tanner

Charley Grapewin

Sergeant Burns (uncredited)

Clarence Burton

Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)

Nora Cecil

Elevator Operator (uncredited)

George Chandler

Rafferty (uncredited)

G. Pat Collins

Detective Smith (uncredited)

Clifford Dempsey

Dr. Jasper (uncredited)

Charles Giblyn

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