(Robert Florey, 1938)
Release date: 21 April 2025
Limited Edition Blu-ray (UK premiere)
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.
INDICATOR LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY SPECIAL FEATURES
- 2K restoration
- Original mono audio
- Audio commentary with film historian Jeremy Arnold (2025)
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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
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Nurse and Martyr (1915): surviving extracts from Edgar Wallace’s first-ever screen credit, with a newly commissioned concertina score by Bernard Wrigley
- Image gallery: promotional and publicity material
- New and improved English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
- Limited edition exclusive booklet with new essay by Pamela Hutchinson, an archival interview with actor Anna May Wong, an archival profile of actor Akim Tamiroff, new writing on Nurse and Martyr, and film credits
- UK premiere on Blu-ray
- Limited edition of 3,000 copies for the UK
