''Square Crooks'' is a 1928 American silent

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directed by

Lewis Seiler Lewis Seiler (September 30, 1890 – January 8, 1964) was an American film director. He directed more than 80 films between 1923 and 1958. Seiler was born in New York City, and died at UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, Los Angeles. Partial fi ...

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 *

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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

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