The Most Dangerous Game

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film thriller film

The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 pre-Code thriller film, based on Richard Connell’s short story, about a mad hunter who stalks shipwrecked humans for sport on his isolated island.

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The Most Dangerous Game canonical 23
The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film) 8
The Most Dangerous Game (1924 short story) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
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surface form: "The Most Dangerous Game" (short story)
basedOnWorkBy Richard Connell ⓘ
blackAndWhite true ⓘ
castMember Fay Wray ⓘ
Joel McCrea ⓘ
Leslie Banks ⓘ
Noble Johnson ⓘ
Robert Armstrong ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Bob Rainsford ⓘ
surface form: Bob Rainsford – Joel McCrea

Count Zaroff – Leslie Banks ⓘ
Fay Wray ⓘ
surface form: Eve Trowbridge – Fay Wray
cinematographyBy Henry W. Gerrard ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
director Ernest B. Schoedsack ⓘ
Irving Pichel ⓘ
distributor RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
editedBy Archie Marshek ⓘ
filmingLocation RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
surface form: RKO studio lot
genre adventure film ⓘ
pre-Code Hollywood film ⓘ
thriller film ⓘ
hasShortStorySourcePublicationYear 1924 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Bob Rainsford ⓘ
Count Zaroff ⓘ
Eve Trowbridge ⓘ
musicBy Max Steiner ⓘ
narrativeTheme man as the most dangerous game ⓘ
moral limits of hunting ⓘ
survival ⓘ
notableFor early cinematic adaptation of Richard Connell’s short story ⓘ
pre-Code depiction of human hunting as sport ⓘ
plotSummary A big-game hunter who has grown bored with hunting animals stalks shipwrecked humans for sport on his isolated island. ⓘ
producer David O. Selznick ⓘ
Merian C. Cooper ⓘ
productionCompany RKO Radio Pictures ⓘ
releaseYear 1932 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 63 ⓘ
screenwriter James Ashmore Creelman ⓘ
setDecorationTheme gothic hunting lodge ⓘ
setIn remote island ⓘ
sharesSetsWith film King Kong (1933) ⓘ
surface form: King Kong (1933 film)
shortStoryOriginallyPublishedIn Collier’s magazine ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting contemporary to early 1930s ⓘ

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