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1928 film

Square Crooks

Directed by	Lewis Seiler
Written by	Malcolm Stuart Boylan Becky Gardiner James P. Judge (play)
Produced by	Philip Klein
Starring	Robert Armstrong Johnny Mack Brown Dorothy Dwan
Cinematography	Rudolph J. Bergquist
Edited by	Jack Dennis
Production company	Fox Film
Distributed by	Fox Film
Release date	March 4, 1928 (1928-03-04)
Country	United States
Languages	Silent English intertitles

Square Crooks is a 1928 American silent comedy drama film directed by Lewis Seiler and starring Robert Armstrong, Johnny Mack Brown and Dorothy Dwan. 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 jail, two former criminals attempt to go straight. They manages to land jobs as chauffeurs 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

Solomon p.307

Bibliography

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

External links

Square Crooks at IMDb

v t e Films directed by Lewis Seiler
Darwin Was Right (1924) No Man's Gold (1926) The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926) The Last Trail (1927) Outlaws of Red River (1927) Tumbling River (1927) Wolf Fangs (1927) Square Crooks (1928) A Song of Kentucky (1929) The Ghost Talks (1929) Deception (1932) Frontier Marshal (1934) Charlie Chan in Paris (1935) Here Comes Trouble (1936) The First Baby (1936) Career Woman (1936) Turn Off the Moon (1937) Crime School (1938) Penrod's Double Trouble (1938) Heart of the North (1938) The Kid from Kokomo (1939) King of the Underworld (1939) You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939) Hell's Kitchen (1939) Dust Be My Destiny (1939) It All Came True (1940) Murder in the Air (1940) Flight Angels (1940) Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940) South of Suez (1940) Kisses for Breakfast (1941) The Smiling Ghost (1941) You're in the Army Now (1941) The Big Shot (1942) Pittsburgh (1942) Guadalcanal Diary (1943) Something for the Boys (1944) Molly and Me (1945) Doll Face (1945) If I'm Lucky (1946) Whiplash (1948) Breakthrough (1950) The Tanks Are Coming (1951) The Winning Team (1952) Operation Secret (1952) The Bamboo Prison (1954) Women's Prison (1955) Battle Stations (1956) Over-Exposed (1956) The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)

Films directed by Lewis Seiler

Darwin Was Right (1924)
No Man's Gold (1926)
The Great K & A Train Robbery (1926)
The Last Trail (1927)
Outlaws of Red River (1927)
Tumbling River (1927)
Wolf Fangs (1927)
Square Crooks (1928)
A Song of Kentucky (1929)
The Ghost Talks (1929)
Deception (1932)
Frontier Marshal (1934)
Charlie Chan in Paris (1935)
Here Comes Trouble (1936)
The First Baby (1936)
Career Woman (1936)
Turn Off the Moon (1937)
Crime School (1938)
Penrod's Double Trouble (1938)
Heart of the North (1938)
The Kid from Kokomo (1939)
King of the Underworld (1939)
You Can't Get Away with Murder (1939)
Hell's Kitchen (1939)
Dust Be My Destiny (1939)
It All Came True (1940)
Murder in the Air (1940)
Flight Angels (1940)
Tugboat Annie Sails Again (1940)
South of Suez (1940)
Kisses for Breakfast (1941)
The Smiling Ghost (1941)
You're in the Army Now (1941)
The Big Shot (1942)
Pittsburgh (1942)
Guadalcanal Diary (1943)
Something for the Boys (1944)
Molly and Me (1945)
Doll Face (1945)
If I'm Lucky (1946)
Whiplash (1948)
Breakthrough (1950)
The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
The Winning Team (1952)
Operation Secret (1952)
The Bamboo Prison (1954)
Women's Prison (1955)
Battle Stations (1956)
Over-Exposed (1956)
The True Story of Lynn Stuart (1958)

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