Square Crooks
1928 film
- March 4, 1928 (1928-03-04)
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.
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.
Cast
- Robert Armstrong as Eddie Ellison
- Johnny Mack Brown as Larry Scott
- Dorothy Dwan as Jane Brown
- Dorothy Appleby as Kay Ellison
- Eddie Sturgis as Mike Ross
- Clarence Burton as Harry Welsh
- Jackie Combs as Phillip Carson
References
- ^ Solomon p.307
Bibliography
- Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011.
External links
- Square Crooks at IMDb
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Films directed by Lewis Seiler
- Darwin Was Right (1924)
- No Man's Gold (1926)
- The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
- The Last Trail (1927)
- Outlaws of Red River (1927)
- Tumbling River (1927)
- Wolf Fangs (1927)
- Square Crooks (1928)
- A Song of Kentucky (1929)
- The Ghost Talks (1929)
- Deception (1932)
- Frontier Marshal (1934)
- Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
- Here Comes Trouble (1936)
- The First Baby (1936)
- Career Woman (1936)
- Turn Off the Moon (1937)
- Crime School (1938)
- Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
- Heart of the North (1938)
- The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
- King of the Underworld (1939)
- You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
- Hell's Kitchen (1939)
- Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
- It All Came True (1940)
- Murder in the Air (1940)
- Flight Angels (1940)
- Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
- South of Suez (1940)
- Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
- The Smiling Ghost (1941)
- You're in the Army Now (1941)
- The Big Shot (1942)
- Pittsburgh (1942)
- Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
- Something for the Boys (1944)
- Molly and Me (1945)
- Doll Face (1945)
- If I'm Lucky (1946)
- Whiplash (1948)
- Breakthrough (1950)
- The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
- The Winning Team (1952)
- Operation Secret (1952)
- The Bamboo Prison (1954)
- Women's Prison (1955)
- Battle Stations (1956)
- Over-Exposed (1956)
- The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)
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