
Only Saps Work
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.
Only Saps Work
December 5, 1930
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Cast (16)

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)
Crew (17)
Directing

Cyril Gardner
Director

Edwin H. Knopf
Director
Writing

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Adaptation

Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Screenplay

Percy Heath
Adaptation

Percy Heath
Screenplay

Owen Davis
Theatre Play

Sam Mintz
Screenplay

Sam Mintz
Adaptation
Production
No data availableSound

Dave Dreyer
Songs

Earl S. Hayman
Sound

Earl S. Hayman
Sound Engineer

Ballard MacDonald
Songs

Leo Reisman
Music Director
Art
No data availableCamera

Rex Wimpy
Director of Photography
Costume & Make-Up
No data availableCrew

Adolph Zukor
Presenter
Editing

Edward Dmytryk
Editor