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Amateur Crook (1937)

Genre : Comedy, Thriller

Runtime : 59M

Director : Sam Katzman
Writer : Basil Dickey

Synopsis

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.

Actors

Bruce Bennett
Bruce Bennett
Jimmy Baxter
Joan Barclay
Joan Barclay
Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton
Monte Blue
Monte Blue
Crone
Jack Mulhall
Jack Mulhall
Jan Jaffin
Vivien Oakland
Vivien Oakland
Mrs. Flint, Landlady
Jimmy Aubrey
Jimmy Aubrey
Ben Armand, Junk Dealer
Fuzzy Knight
Fuzzy Knight
Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant
Henry Roquemore
Henry Roquemore
Judge Ephraim
Edward Earle
Edward Earle
Deputy Jonas
Forrest Taylor
Forrest Taylor
Jerry Cummings
Fern Emmett
Fern Emmett
Sarah, Ephraim's Wife
Samuel Adams
Samuel Adams
Policeman
Charles Williams
Charles Williams
Drunk Witness

Crews

Sam Katzman
Sam Katzman
Director
Basil Dickey
Basil Dickey
Story
Basil Dickey
Basil Dickey
Screenplay
William Hyer
William Hyer
Director of Photography
Holbrook N. Todd
Holbrook N. Todd
Editor
Sam Katzman
Sam Katzman
Producer

Posters and backgrounds

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