The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 Pre-Code adaptation of the 1924 short story of the same name by Richard Connell, the first film version of that story. The plot concerns a big game hunter on an island who chooses to hunt humans for sport. The film stars Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, and King Kong leads Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong, and was made by a team including Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper, the co-directors of King Kong . Because it was so inexpensive to make, costing only $200,000, The Most Dangerous Game made more profit for RKO than the very expensive King Kong did. Famous... big game hunter and author Bob Rainsford is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. He swims to a small, lush island. He becomes the guest of the expatriate Russian Count Zaroff , a fellow hunting enthusiast. Zaroff remarks that Bob's misfortune is not uncommon; in fact, four people from the previous sinking are still staying with him: Eve Trowbridge , her brother Martin , and two sailors. That night, Zaroff introduces Bob to the Trowbridges and reveals his obsession with hunting.
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| Release date: | September 16, 1932 |
| Directed by: | Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel |
| Runtime: | 63 Minutes |
| Editor: | Archie Marshek |
| Music by: | Max Steiner |
| Cinematography: | Henry W. Gerrard |
| Screenplay by: | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Estimated budget: | $218,869 |
| Genre: | Adventure, Thriller |