Rent Dangerous to Know (1938)
3.4 of 5 from 45 ratings
1h 10min
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- Synopsis:
Anna May Wong (Shanghai Express), Akim Tamiroff (Spawn of the North), and Gail Patrick (My Man Godfrey) star in Dangerous to Know, a hard-hitting crime drama from director Robert Florey (Murders in the Rue Morgue), inspired by the life of notorious mobster Al Capone. Crime lord Stephen Recka (Tamiroff) will stop at nothing to marry socialite Margaret (Patrick), including murder and blackmail. However, his pathologically jealous mistress Lan Ying (Wong) will stop at nothing to keep them apart. Based on Edgar Wallace's hugely successful play On the Spot - which was such a big hit that several studios repeatedly attempted to bring it to the big screen, only to be rejected by the censors at the Production Office - Dangerous to Know is marked by its standout performance by Chinese American screen legend Anna May Wong, reprising her stage role. - Actors:
- Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, Harvey Stephens, Anthony Quinn, Roscoe Karns, Porter Hall, Barlowe Borland, Hedda Hopper, Hugh Sothern, Edward Pawley, Ellen Drew, Lynn Bailey, Bobby Barber, Grace Benham, Stanley Blystone, Wade Boteler, Donald Brian, Robert Brister
- Directors:
- Robert Florey
- Writers:
- Edgar Wallace, William R. Lipman, Horace McCoy
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/04/2025
- Run Time:
- 70 minutes
- Languages:
- English Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.37:1
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold (2025)
- The Guardian Interview with Anthony Quinn (1995): newly edited video recording of the great actor in conversation with Sheridan Morley at the National Film Theatre, London
- Nurse and Martyr (1915): surviving extracts from Edgar Wallace's first-ever screen credit, with a newly commissioned score by Bernard Wrigley
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- UK premiere on Blu-ray