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.
- Date of release
- 1937-12-10
- TMDB
- 5.0 / 10 (2)
- Runtime
- 59m
- Genres
- Comedy, Thriller
- Director
- Sam Katzman
Casting
- Bruce Bennett — Jimmy Baxter
- Joan Barclay — Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton
- Monte Blue — Crone
- Jack Mulhall — Jan Jaffin
- Vivien Oakland — Mrs. Flint, Landlady
- Jimmy Aubrey — Ben Armand, Junk Dealer
- Fuzzy Knight — Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant
- Henry Roquemore — Judge Ephraim
- Edward Earle — Deputy Jonas
- Forrest Taylor — Jerry Cummings
- Fern Emmett — Sarah, Ephraim's Wife
- Samuel Adams — Policeman
Interesting facts
Amateur Crook is a 1937 American romantic comedy film directed by Sam Katzman.
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