Amateur Crook (1937)

Amateur Crook

1937

Comedy Thriller

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.

Credits

Director

Sam Katzman

Cast

Bruce Bennett as Jimmy Baxter

Edward Earle as Deputy Jonas

Forrest Taylor as Jerry Cummings

Fuzzy Knight as Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant

Henry Roquemore as Judge Ephraim

Jack Mulhall as Jan Jaffin

Jimmy Aubrey as Ben Armand, Junk Dealer

Joan Barclay as Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton