The Most Dangerous Game
They saw the heads of hunted men in Zaroff's trophy room!
1932 | 63m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel |
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| Writer: | James Ashmore Creelman |
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| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 16, 1932 |
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| Director: | Ernest B. Schoedsack, Irving Pichel |
| Writer: | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Genres: | Adventure, Action, Horror, Thriller |
| Keywords | crocodile, fistfight, stranded, hunting, remote island, pre-code, based on short story, sole survivor, south sea island, god complex, reef, attacked by a dog, mute villain, nobleman, human prey, big game hunter, shipwreck survivors |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $443,000
Budget: $219,869 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jul 30, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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) |
| Landers Stevens | Yacht Passenger 'Doc' (uncredited) |
| Arnold Gray | Passenger on Yacht (uncredited) |
| Phil Tead | Passenger on Yacht (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Ernest B. Schoedsack | Director |
| Max Steiner | Original Music Composer |
| Wally Westmore | Makeup Artist |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Archie Marshek | Editor |
| Thomas Little | Set Decoration |
| Gaston Longet | Still Photographer |
| Clem Portman | Sound Recordist |
| James Ashmore Creelman | Screenplay |
| Henry W. Gerrard | Director of Photography |
| Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Richard Connell | Short Story |
| Irving Pichel | Director |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| David O. Selznick | Executive Producer |
| Ernest B. Schoedsack | Associate Producer |
| Merian C. Cooper | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 9 |
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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 som ... e rather useful, if monosyllabic helpers "Ivan" & "Mongol" and a fearsome-looking pack of starving hounds. Joel MCrea and Fay Wray are two such victims, only they decide that they are not going to fall prey to their scheming host and we have quite a few daft cat and mouse games as they try to escape. McCrae never quite cut it as the hero type, and he doesn't really here, either - and Wray, well she just excels at being the rather feisty damsel in distress. It's not especially sinister - but there are plenty of chases through the jungle, hidden passages etc to keep you amused if not terrified for an hour.