Only Saps Work (1930)

Rubberlegged comedian Leon Errol made his talkie starring bow in Paramounts 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 Wilsons friend Lawrence Payne Richard Arlen inadvertently aids our hero during one of his heists ending up in deep doodoo 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 Errols feature films had been as consistently hilarious as Only Saps Work