Only Saps Work

Top 10 Billed Cast

Leon Errol
Leon Errol

James Wilson

Richard Arlen
Richard Arlen

Lawrence Payne

Mary Brian
Mary Brian

Barbara Tanner

Stuart Erwin
Stuart Erwin

Oscar

Charley Grapewin
Charley Grapewin

Simeon Tanner

Anderson Lawler
Anderson Lawler

Horace Baldwin

Fred Kelsey
Fred Kelsey

Murphy

Nora Cecil
Nora Cecil

Mrs. Partridge

George Irving
George Irving

Dr. White

George Chandler
George Chandler

Elevator Operator

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    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.

  • Release Date

    1930-12-05

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    4

  • Rating:

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  • Tagline

    You Just Know It's Funny!

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    English
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