The Most Dangerous Game
They saw the heads of hunted men in Zaroff's trophy room!
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.
- Director
- Irving Pichel
- Signature
- Tension · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $443,000
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Cast
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13 billed performers
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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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Box Office & Release
The Most Dangerous Game returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $219,869
- Opening weekend
- —
- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $443,000
- Release date
- Sep 16, 1932
- Runtime
- 1h 3m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English, Russian
- Country
- United States of America
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