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Crooks Can't Win

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Crooks Can't Win
Directed byGeorge M. Arthur
Written byRandolph Bartlett
Enid Hibbard
Joseph Jefferson O'Neil
StarringRalph Lewis
Thelma Hill
Joe E. Brown
CinematographyRobert Martin
Edited byGeorge M. Arthur
Production
company
Distributed byFilm Booking Offices of America
Ideal Films (UK)
Release date
  • April 7, 1928 (1928-04-07)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguagesSilent
English intertitles

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.[1]

Synopsis

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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

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References

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  1. ^ Gehring p.38

Bibliography

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  • 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.
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