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The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
American pre-Code action adventure horror.
A psychotic big game hunter deliberately strands a luxury yacht on a remote island, where he begins to hunt its passengers for sport.
This film was released before the Hays Code was used on American movies. This being the case, both Joel McCrea and Fay Wray were able to get away with wearing relatively little clothing in comparison to other films of the era.
Within a few years, however, some people of the era considered films like this one indecent and too revealing. Due to this, this film was barred from re-release and was not shown publicly for several decades when the Hays Code had finally evaporated.
The Most Dangerous Game was filmed at night on the same sets used in King Kong (1933) with four of the same actors, Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, James Flavin and Noble Johnson.
Most of the standing sets from King Kong (1933) were used in the making of this film, including the gate (which was eventually burned down in the “Burning of Atlanta” sequence of Gone with the Wind (1939)). This film and “King Kong” were shot concurrently though “Kong” was released later (possibly due to the special effects required for it).
Film debut of Leslie Banks.
| Directed by | Irving Pichel Ernest B. Schoedsack |
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| Screenplay by | James Ashmore Creelman |
| Based on | “The Most Dangerous Game” by Richard Connell |
| Produced by | Ernest B. Schoedsack Merian C. Cooper David O. Selznick |
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| Cinematography | Henry W. Gerrard |
| Edited by | Archie Marshek |
| Music by | Max Steiner |
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RKO Radio Pictures
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| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
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Running time
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62 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $219,869 |
| Box office | $443,000 |
