Only Saps Work

United States of America

• 1930-12-05(US)
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  Comedy,

  Crime
• ▪ 1h-17m

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.

• Percy HeathScreenplay

  Sam MintzScreenplay

  Joseph L. MankiewiczScreenplay

  Earl S. HaymanSound

  Cyril GardnerDirector

  Edwin H. KnopfDirector