United States / Dec 05, 1930
You Just Know It's Funny!
1h 17min
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| 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) |
Genres
ComedyCrime
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Only Saps Work |
| Original language | English (EN) |
| Spoken languages | English |
| Production countries | United States of America |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Paramount Pictures, Paramount Publix Corp. |
| Release date | 5 dicembre 1930 |
| Writer | Percy Heath, Sam Mintz, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Owen Davis |
| Editing | Edward Dmytryk |
| Cinematography | Rex Wimpy |
| Assistant directors | Cyril Gardner, Edwin H. Knopf |
| Camera operators | Rex Wimpy |
| Additional photography | Rex Wimpy |
| Music | Earl S. Hayman, Ballard MacDonald, Dave Dreyer, Leo Reisman |
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