Crooks Can't Win
{{short description|1928 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Crooks Can't Win
| image = File:Crooks Can't Win.jpg
| caption =
| director = George M. Arthur
| producer =
| based_on =
| writer = Randolph Bartlett
Enid Hibbard
Joseph Jefferson O'Neil
| narrator =
| starring = Ralph Lewis
Thelma Hill
Joe E. Brown
| music =
| cinematography = Robert Martin
| editing = George M. Arthur
| studio = Film Booking Offices of America
| distributor = Film Booking Offices of America
Ideal Films (UK)
| released = {{Film date|1928|04|07}}
| runtime = 70 minutes
| country = United States
| language = Silent
English intertitles
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| gross =
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Crooks Can't Win is a 1928 American silent crime drama film directed by George M. Arthur and starring Ralph Lewis, Thelma Hill and Joe E. Brown.Gehring p.38
Synopsis
A police officer is kicked off the force when his superior wrongly believes that he is complicit in a robbery committed by a gang his brother is involved with. With the assistance of a crime reporter, he sets out to round up the gang of thieves and clear his name.
Cast
- Ralph Lewis as Dad Gillen
- Thelma Hill as Mary Gillen
- Sam Nelson as Danny Malone
- Joe E. Brown as Jimmy Wells
- Eugene Strong as Alfred Dayton Jr
- Charlie Hall as 'Bull' Savage
References
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Bibliography
- Connelly, Robert B. The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36, Volume 40, Issue 2. December Press, 1998.
- Gehring, Wes D. Joe E. Brown: Film Comedian and Baseball Buffoon. McFarland, 2014.
- Munden, Kenneth White. The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States, Part 1. University of California Press, 1997.
External links
- {{IMDb title|0018805}}
Category:1920s English-language films
Category:American silent feature films
Category:American black-and-white films
Category:Film Booking Offices of America films
Category:English-language crime films
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