Only Saps Work
Only Saps Work
Release: 1930-12-05
·Runtime: 77m
·★ 5.5
Comedy
Crime
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.
Production Countries
United States of America
Production Companies
Paramount Pictures
Paramount Publix Corp.
Cast
Richard Arlen
as Larry Payne
Clarence Burton
as Sergeant Burns (uncredited)
Charles Giblyn
as Dr. Jasper (uncredited)
Charlie Hall
as Waiter (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey
as Murphy (uncredited)
Mary Brian
as Barbara Tanner
Anderson Lawler
as Horace Baldwin
George Irving
as Dr. White (uncredited)
Leon Errol
as James Wilson
Nora Cecil
as Mrs. Partridge (uncredited)
George Chandler
as Elevator Operator (uncredited)
Jack Richardson
as Chef (uncredited)
Stuart Erwin
as Oscar
Charley Grapewin
as Simeon Tanner
G. Pat Collins
as Rafferty (uncredited)
Clifford Dempsey
as Detective Smith (uncredited)
