Only Saps Work

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Leon Errol

James Wilson

Age : N/A | Popularity : 18%

Richard Arlen

Lawrence Payne

Age : 76 | Popularity : 44%

Mary Brian

Barbara Tanner

Age : 96 | Popularity : 13%

Stuart Erwin

Oscar

Age : 64 | Popularity : 29%

Charley Grapewin

Simeon Tanner

Age : N/A | Popularity : 32%

Anderson Lawler

Horace Baldwin

Age : N/A | Popularity : 8%

Fred Kelsey

Murphy

Age : N/A | Popularity : 7%

Nora Cecil

Mrs. Partridge

Age : 72 | Popularity : 16%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Cyril Gardner Edwin H. Knopf
Camera	Director of Photography	Rex Wimpy
Editing	Editor	Edward Dmytryk
Writing	Screenplay	Sam Mintz Percy Heath Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sound	Sound	Earl S. Hayman
Department	Role	Name

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