A Dangerous Woman (1929 film)

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A Dangerous Woman
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Directed by Gerald Grove
Rowland V. Lee
Screenplay by John Farrow
Edward E. Paramore Jr.
Based on"A Woman Who Needed Killing"
by Margery Lawrence
Starring Baclanova
Clive Brook
Distributed by Paramount Pictures
Release date
  • May 16, 1929 (1929-05-16)
Running time
80 min
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Full film

A Dangerous Woman is a 1929 American Pre-Code drama film released by Paramount, based on the Margery Lawrence story, A Woman Who Needed Killing, which also is an alternate title of the film. It was directed by Gerald Grove and Rowland V. Lee from a script by John Farrow and Edward E. Paramore Jr. [1] [2] The film stars Olga Baclanova (billed as Baclanova) as Tania Gregory and Clive Brook as her husband, Frank Gregory, and is set in British East Africa. [3]

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Plot

As described in a magazine review, [4] Tania Gregory is the Russian-born wife of Commissioner Frank Gregory at an outpost in British East Africa. As the dangerous woman, she needs attention and goes out and creates it when it is not forthcoming. The first to fall under the tropical spell of the blond Tania is Peter Allerton, outstanding English youth and the assistant of Frank. His finish is a self-administered gunshot wound though the head. Frank's younger brother Bobby takes his place, and it seems that the same ending for Bobby. However, Tania dies first, but not of natural causes. On learning of her designs on his brother, Frank slips a drug into her orange juice. However, Tubbs sees him, and sets a dead reptile next to the bed and in the morning screams that she is dead from a snake bite. This appears to be a ruse to cover the murder. Frank and his brother leave for England.

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References

  1. ↑ Staff report (May 14, 1929). Grauman Will Introduce New Color-Talkie. Los Angeles Times
  2. ↑ Hall, Mordaunt (May 20, 1929). The Sbreen; The Five Who Fell. A Russian Vampire. Stagey Bits In This Film. "Eleven Who Were Loyal" a Picture With Mary Nolan. A Movie Filmed In Tripoli; "Kif Tebbi" Is A Commendable Picture Subsidized by Mussolini. Other Photoplays. The New York Times
  3. ↑ Busby, Marquis (May 18, 1929). Drama of Africa at Paramount. "Dangerous Woman" Tells Tense Story of Existence at Outposts. Los Angeles Times
  4. ↑ "Film Review: A Dangerous Woman". Variety . 95 (6). New York City: Variety, Inc.: 16 May 22, 1929. Retrieved June 22, 2025.


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