Amateur Crook
movie

Released December 10, 1937
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.
Cast

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
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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
