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Only Saps Work (1930)

Only Saps Work poster
Directed by
Cyril Gardner
Genre
comedy film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 17m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A man decides that working is for suckers and tries to find an easier way to get by. He gets into a series of comic situations involving mistaken identities and schemes.

lightheartedwhimsicaldatedbreezyplayfulsillyfast-pacedcheerful

What happens

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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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