Only Saps Work
05/12/1930
1h 17m



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.
Cast


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)
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