The Most Dangerous Game
Category: Adventure
All Genres: Adventure, Thriller, Horror, Mystery
Release Year: 1932
Country: USA
Runtime: 63
Rating: 7.3 (0)
Languages: English, Russian
Director: Irving PichelErnest B. Schoedsack Sound: Mono
Taglines: All The Adventure Your Imagination Can Hold. Writing by: James Ashmore Creelman - (screenplay)
Richard Connell - (story)
Produced by: Merian C. Cooper - associate producer
David O. Selznick - executive producer
Cast: Joel McCrea - Bob Rainsford
Fay Wray - Eve Trowbridge
Leslie Banks - Count Zaroff
Robert Armstrong - Martin Trowbridge
Noble Johnson - Ivan
Steve Clemente - Tartar Servant (as Steve Clemento)
Oscar Dutch Hendrian - Tarter Servant (as Dutch Hendrian)
William B. Davidson - Captain (as William Davidson)
James Flavin - First Mate on Yacht (uncredited)
Arnold Gray - Passenger on Yacht (uncredited)
Hale Hamilton - Bill - Owner of Yacht (uncredited)
Music: Max Steiner Official Website: Visit WebsitePlot Outline: An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.
Plot: A cabin cruiser is shipwrecked off the coast of a remote island, and its three passengers manage to reach the island safely. The island is owned by a strange and enigmatic count who invites them to stay. But he has an underlying motive for his apparent generosity: Count Zaroff enjoys hunting--and he only hunts the most dangerous game: humans!
Crazy Credits: We know about 1 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
At the end of the credits, the usual disclaimer is replaced with: "This story was based on fact. Any similiarity with fictional events or characters is entirely coincidental."
Goofs: We know about 3 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Revealing mistakes: When a gunshot causes a flock of birds to flutter out of a tree, strings are visible suspending the birds.
Trivia: There are 11 entries in the trivia list - like these:
- Jungle sets were also used for simultaneous filming of jungle scenes in King Kong (1933).
- Some of the screams of the sailors as the ship sinks are the same as the screams of the sailors in King Kong (1933) when Kong shakes them off the log.
- The original story by Richard Connell is one of the most anthologized short stories of all time.
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