Dangerous to Know

Dangerous to Know is a 1938 American crime film directed by Robert Florey and starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff and Gail Patrick. The picture is based on British crime writer Edgar Wallace's hit 1930 play, On the Spot, which had been inspired by the career of Al Capone. The supporting cast features Lloyd Nolan and Anthony Quinn. The film's tagline was "No woman ever survived his love!"

Dangerous to Know
Directed byRobert Florey
Screenplay byWilliam R. Lipman
Horace McCoy
Based onOn the Spot
by Edgar Wallace
StarringAnna May Wong
Akim Tamiroff
Gail Patrick
CinematographyTheodor Sparkuhl
Edited byArthur P. Schmidt
Color processBlack and white
Production
company
Paramount Pictures
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • March 11, 1938 (1938-03-11)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Plot

Racketeer Steve Recka – art patron and political power-maker – rules his town and his beautiful Oriental friend and hostess – Madame Lan Ying – with an iron hand. He meets Margaret van Kase, a socialite impressed by neither his power nor his wealth, having no money herself.

Cast

Reception

Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called the film a "second-rate melodrama, hardly worthy of the talents of its generally capable cast."[1]

References
  1. Crowther, Bosley. Dangerous to Know (film review). The New York Times, March 11, 1939.


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