Only Saps Work (1930)
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
| Sam Mintz | Screenplay |
| Percy Heath | Screenplay |
| Joseph L. Mankiewicz | Screenplay |
| Earl S. Hayman | Sound |
| Cyril Gardner | Director |
| Edwin H. Knopf | Director |
| Rex Wimpy | Director of Photography |
| Edward Dmytryk | Editor |
| Owen Davis | Theatre Play |
| Sam Mintz | Adaptation |
