Only Saps Work
“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.
Top-billed cast
Crew
- Directors
- Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf
- Writers
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Owen Davis, Percy Heath, Sam Mintz
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Paramount Publix Corp.
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Who directed Only Saps Work?
Only Saps Work was directed by Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf.
When was Only Saps Work released?
Only Saps Work was released in 1930.
