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)

Sam Mintz
Screenplay / Adaptation

Percy Heath
Screenplay / Adaptation

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay / Adaptation

Earl S. Hayman
Sound / Sound Engineer

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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