No community ratings yet on FilmStash · 0 membersOne score per member · Verified member ratings
You Just Know It's Funny!
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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Leon ErrolJames Wilson
Richard ArlenLarry Payne
Mary BrianBarbara Tanner
Stuart ErwinOscar
Anderson LawlerHorace Baldwin
Charley GrapewinSimeon Tanner
Clarence BurtonSergeant Burns (uncredited)
Nora CecilMrs. Partridge (uncredited)
George ChandlerElevator Operator (uncredited)
G. Pat CollinsRafferty (uncredited)
Clifford DempseyDetective Smith (uncredited)
Charles GiblynDr. Jasper (uncredited)Explore the crew
- Screenplay
- Sam Mintz
- Screenplay
- Percy Heath
- Screenplay
- Joseph L. Mankiewicz
- Director
- Cyril Gardner
- Director
- Edwin H. Knopf
- Director of Photography
- Rex Wimpy
- Editor
- Edward Dmytryk