The Most Dangerous Game (1932) Stars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
1h 3min | Action , Adventure , Thriller | 16 September 1932 (USA)
The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 pre-Code adaptation of the 1924 short story of the same name by Richard Connell, the first film version of that story. The plot concerns a big game hunter on an island who hunts humans for sport. The film stars Joel McCrea, Leslie Banks, and King Kong leads Fay Wray and Robert Armstrong; it was made by a team including Ernest B. Schoedsack and Merian C. Cooper,the co-directors of King Kong (1933). The film was shot at night on the King Kong jungle sets.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.
Directors: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack
Writers: James Ashmore Creelman (screen play), Richard Connell (from the O.Henry prize winning collection story by)
