Dangerous to Know
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Directed by | Robert Florey |
Written by | William R. Lipman Horace McCoy |
Based on | On the Spot by Edgar Wallace |
Starring | Anna May Wong Akim Tamiroff Gail Patrick Lloyd Nolan Anthony Quinn |
Cinematography | Theodor Sparkuhl |
Edited by | Arthur P. Schmidt |
Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
Release date | 1938 |
Running time | 70 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Dangerous to Know is a 1938 crime film starring Anna May Wong, Akim Tamiroff, Gail Patrick, Lloyd Nolan, and Anthony Quinn. The movie was directed by Robert Florey. 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]
It 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.
Cast
- Anna May Wong as Lan Ying
- Akim Tamiroff as Steve Recka
- Gail Patrick as Margaret Van Case
- Lloyd Nolan as Brandon
- Harvey Stephens as Phillip Easton
- Anthony Quinn as Nicky Kusnoff
- Roscoe Karns as Duncan
- Porter Hall as Mayor Bradley
- Barlowe Borland as James
- Hedda Hopper as Mrs. Carson
- Hugh Sothern as Harvey Gregson
- Edward Pawley as John Rance
- Ellen Drew as Secretary (billed as Terry Ray)
- Evelyn Keyes in a bit part (uncredited)
References
- ^ Crowther, Bosley. Dangerous to Know (film review). The New York Times, March 11, 1939.
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