Only Saps Work
You Just Know It's Funny!
1930-12-05 | 77 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Leon ErrolJames Wilson
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Richard ArlenLarry Payne
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Mary BrianBarbara Tanner
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Stuart ErwinOscar
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Anderson LawlerHorace Baldwin
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Charley GrapewinSimeon Tanner
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Clarence BurtonSergeant Burns (uncredited)
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Nora CecilMrs. Partridge (uncredited)
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George ChandlerElevator Operator (uncredited)
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G. Pat CollinsRafferty (uncredited)
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Clifford DempseyDetective Smith (uncredited)
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Charles GiblynDr. Jasper (uncredited)
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Charlie HallWaiter (uncredited)
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George IrvingDr. White (uncredited)
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Fred KelseyMurphy (uncredited)
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Jack RichardsonChef (uncredited)
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