The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

They saw the heads of hunted men in Zaroff's trophy room!

1932 · 63 min · ★ 6.9 · Thriller, Adventure, Horror, Action

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.

Directed by Irving Pichel · Written by James Ashmore Creelman

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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)

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