Amateur Crook

Overview

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.

Directed by Sam Katzman

Top cast

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

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Henry Roquemore

Judge Ephraim

Edward Earle

Deputy Jonas

Forrest Taylor

Jerry Cummings

Fern Emmett

Sarah, Ephraim's Wife

Samuel Adams

Policeman

Charles Williams

Drunk Witness

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