Square Crooks

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Square Crooks
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Directed by Lewis Seiler
Written by Malcolm Stuart Boylan
Becky Gardiner
James P. Judge (play)
Produced by Philip Klein
Starring Robert Armstrong
Johnny Mack Brown
Dorothy Dwan
Cinematography Rudolph J. Bergquist
Edited by Jack Dennis
Production
company
Distributed byFox Film
Release date
March 4, 1928
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

Square Crooks is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Robert Armstrong, Johnny Mack Brown and Dorothy Dwan. [1] The screenplay is based on the 1926 play Square Crooks by James P. Judge. The screenplay was rewritten and made as the sound film Baby Take a Bow in 1934.

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Premise

After being released from jail, two former criminals attempt to go straight. They manages to land jobs as chauffeurs for a wealthy family, but a vindictive detective is not convinced they have given up crime and tries to arrest them for stealing jewels.

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References

  1. Solomon p.307

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