Only Saps Work

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Only Saps Work
Directed by Cyril Gardner
Edwin H. Knopf
Screenplay by Owen Davis
Percy Heath
Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Sam Mintz
Starring Leon Errol
Richard Arlen
Mary Brian
Stuart Erwin
Anderson Lawler
Charley Grapewin
George Irving
Cinematography Rex Wimpy
Edited by Edward Dmytryk
Production
company
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 6, 1930 (1930-12-06)
Running time
77 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Only Saps Work is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Cyril Gardner and Edwin H. Knopf and written by Owen Davis, Percy Heath, Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Sam Mintz. The film stars Leon Errol, Richard Arlen, Mary Brian, Stuart Erwin, Anderson Lawler, Charley Grapewin and George Irving. The film was released on December 6, 1930, by Paramount Pictures. [1] [2]

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