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The Most Dangerous Game

1932 · TMDB 6.9

Directed by Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack

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.

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A shipwreck survivor is hunted through a private island wilderness by Count Zaroff. Survival for 3 days equals freedom. Zaroff's private island sport is a secret pastime for one bored aristocrat, but it sets the template: human prey, fixed boundaries, and a timer running out.

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Runtime
63 min
Released
1932-09-16
Studio
RKO Radio Pictures
Country
United States of America
Language
Russian
TMDB score
6.9
Action Adventure Thriller Horror

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A shipwreck survivor is hunted through a private island wilderness by Count Zaroff. Survival for 3 days equals freedom. Zaroff's private island sport is a secret pastime for one bored aristocrat, but it sets the template: human prey, fixed boundaries, and a timer running out.

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