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Only Saps Work
Only Saps Work

Only Saps Work

5.5/10

1hr 17mins

Country:US

1930

ComedyCrime
Spoken Languages: English

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.

Budget

$0.00

Production companies

Paramount Pictures, Paramount Publix Corp.

Genre

Comedy, Crime

Runtime

1hr 17mins

Rating

5.5/10

Release Date

1930-12-05