The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

Most Dangerous Game, The (1932, USA) 63m. *** D: Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel. Starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson. Adventure classic from the makers of the original KING KONG (1933). After a shipwreck writer/hunter McCrea is washed ashore on a tiny island. Soon he discovers there's a Russian count living in a fortress-like castle, who has a special way of treating his guests… he hunts them to death. Occasionally hokey and over-acted but well-made, with some effective sequences. Adapted from a story by Richard Connell. Excellent score by Max Steiner. Originally intended to be twenty minutes longer, footage was filmed but never inserted, is now regarded as lost. Remade several times, as for example A GAME OF DEATH (1945), RUN FOR THE SUN (1956), HARD TARGET (1993) or SURVIVING THE GAME (1994).


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