Amateur Crook (1937)
Jerry Cummings, a mining engineer, has pledged a large diamond on a short-term note to a pair of crooked loan sharks, Crone and Jan Jaffin, and heads for Mexico. His daughter Betsy, posing as a jewel thief called Mary Layton, is working to keep the crooks from absconding with the jewel, and her efforts are hindered greatly by an artist, Jimmy Baxter, who thinks she is a crook and Crone and Jaffin the good guys.
Director:
Sam Katzman
Writer:
Basil Dickey
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Bruce Bennett as Jimmy Baxter |
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Joan Barclay as Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton |
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Monte Blue as Crone |
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Jack Mulhall as Jan Jaffin |
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Vivien Oakland as Mrs. Flint, Landlady |
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Jimmy Aubrey as Ben Armand, Junk Dealer |
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Fuzzy Knight as Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant |
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Henry Roquemore as Judge Ephraim |
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Edward Earle as Deputy Jonas |
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Forrest Taylor as Jerry Cummings |
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Fern Emmett as Sarah, Ephraim's Wife |
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Samuel Adams as Policeman |
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Charles Williams as Drunk Witness |
| Directing | Sam Katzman | Director |
| Writing | Basil Dickey | Story |
| Writing | Basil Dickey | Screenplay |
| Camera | William Hyer | Director of Photography |
| Production | Sam Katzman | Producer |
| Editing | Holbrook N. Todd | Editor |