Only Saps Work (1930)
1h 17m
Running Time
December 5, 1930Release Date
Only Saps Work (1930)
1h 17m
Running Time
December 5, 1930Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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 & Crew.
Leon Errol
James Wilson
Richard Arlen
Larry Payne
Mary Brian
Barbara Tanner
Stuart Erwin
Oscar
Anderson Lawler
Horace Baldwin
Charley Grapewin
Simeon Tanner
Clarence Burton
Sergeant Burns (uncredited)
Nora Cecil
Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
George Chandler
Elevator Operator (uncredited)
G. Pat Collins
Rafferty (uncredited)
Clifford Dempsey
Detective Smith (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
Dr. Jasper (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
Waiter (uncredited)
George Irving
Dr. White (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
Murphy (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
Chef (uncredited)
Percy Heath
Screenplay / Adaptation
Earl S. Hayman
Sound / Sound Engineer
Sam Mintz
Screenplay / Adaptation
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay / Adaptation
Cyril Gardner
Director
Edwin H. Knopf
Director
Rex Wimpy
Director of Photography
Edward Dmytryk
Editor
Owen Davis
Theatre Play
Ballard MacDonald
Songs
Dave Dreyer
Songs
Leo Reisman
Music Director
Adolph Zukor
Presenter
Media.
Details.
This Movie Is About.
robbery
con man
detective
stolen money
hypochondriac
crook
attraction
bank robbery
comedy routine
pre-code
landlady
meet cute
bellboy
rich snob
kleptomaniac
simpleton
former athlete
health and wellness resort
comedy
cheerful
pantry boy
social error
Wiki.
Only Saps Work is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and Edwin H. Knopf and written by Owen Davis, Percy Heath, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz. The film stars Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Anderson Lawler, Charley Grapewin and George Irving. The film was released on December 6, 1930, by Paramount Pictures.
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