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Amateur Crook (1937)

NR ★ 5.0/10 59 min Comedy, Thriller United States English
Director: Sam Katzman
Screenplay by: Basil Dickey
Story by: Basil Dickey
Streaming: Not available

Description

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.

Top Cast

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 Judge Ephraim

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