Amateur Crook
1937Jerry 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.
Acted in
Bruce Bennett
as Jimmy Baxter
Joan Barclay
as Betsy Cummings, alias Mary Layton
Monte Blue
as Crone
Jack Mulhall
as Jan Jaffin
Vivien Oakland
as Mrs. Flint, Landlady
Jimmy Aubrey
as Ben Armand, Junk Dealer
Fuzzy Knight
as Jape, the Gas-Station Attendant
Henry Roquemore
as Judge Ephraim
Edward Earle
as Deputy Jonas
Forrest Taylor
as Jerry Cummings
Fern Emmett
as Sarah, Ephraim's Wife
Samuel Adams
as Policeman
Charles Williams
as Drunk Witness