The Most Dangerous Game

1932 63 min ★ 6.9 Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Action

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive and eccentric Count Zaroff. While he is very gracious at first, Zaroff eventually forces Rainsford and two other shipwreck survivors, brother and sister Eve and Martin Towbridge, to participate in a sadistic game of cat and mouse in which they are the prey and he is the hunter.

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Cast

Joel McCrea

Robert Rainsford

Fay Wray

Eve Trowbridge

Leslie Banks

Count Zaroff

Robert Armstrong

Martin Trowbridge

Noble Johnson

Ivan

Steve Clemente

Tartar

William B. Davidson

Captain

Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian

Tartar Servant

James Flavin

First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)

Hale Hamilton

Bill Woodman (uncredited)

Details

Director

Irving Pichel

Screenplay

James Ashmore Creelman

Tagline

"They saw the heads of hunted men in Zaroff's trophy room!"

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$219,869

Revenue

$443,000

Production

RKO Radio Pictures

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

June 13, 2022

★ 6/10

A completely bonkers hunter played by arch-ham Leslie Banks arranges for passing ships to be wrecked off the coast of his island then he ostensibly rescues/helps them before using them as bait for his big game hunts - with a bow and arrow, or with a high powered rifle - ably aided and abetted by some rather useful, if monosyllabic helpers "Ivan" & "Mongol" and a fearsome-looking pack of starving h...