''Square Crooks'' is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Robert Armstrong, Johnny Mack Brown and Dorothy Dwan.Solomon p.307 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

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, two former criminals attempt to go straight. They manages to land jobs as

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s 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

Bibliography

* Solomon, Aubrey. ''The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography''. McFarland, 2011.

External links

* 1928 films 1928 comedy-drama films Films directed by Lewis Seiler American silent feature films Fox Film films American films based on plays American black-and-white films 1920s English-language films 1920s American films Silent American comedy-drama films English-language comedy-drama films {{silent-comedy-drama-film-stub