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Only Saps Work
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December 5, 1930
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Comedy
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.
Featured Crew
Cyril Gardner
Director
Edwin H. Knopf
Director
Edward Dmytryk
Editor
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Cast
![Leon Errol](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//8jV6d5rKmmXn69TRbm4Ndehdrpr.jpg)
Leon Errol
James Wilson
![Richard Arlen](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//dDr230NdMlxt4BC0OxwG0pJZV7t.jpg)
Richard Arlen
Lawrence Payne
![Mary Brian](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//ikRdqKBJ7UCAB1xNb67dVSYoOyZ.jpg)
Mary Brian
Barbara Tanner
![Stuart Erwin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//yO5OCvQmwUsi0WS7kbDUvYCMHQi.jpg)
Stuart Erwin
Oscar
![Charley Grapewin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300//xROPwMkTUgweYQFhbTsvklIMhlw.jpg)
Charley Grapewin
Simeon Tanner