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    The Most Dangerous Game
    a.k.a. The Hounds of Zaroff Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack Cast: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks, Robert Armstrong

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    • DVD Release Date: 04/03/2001
    • Original Release: 1932
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 5,968

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    Features

    Commentary by film historian Bruce Eder; Subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    0. Chapters
    1. Logos/Opening credits [1:36]
    2. "The lights are a bit off" [3:03]
    3. The tiger's place [1:45]
    4. Shipwreck and sharks [2:20]
    5. The island [1:23]
    6. Zaroff's fortress [4:20]
    7. Victims of circumstance [2:47]
    8. New sensation [3:44]
    9. The most dangerous game [2:23]
    10. ."..and then the woman" [6:01]
    11. Zaroff's trophy room [4:07]
    12. "I always bring them here..." [6:02]
    13. Scouting the island [2:14]
    14. Setting traps [3:31]
    15. A man trap [3:00]
    16. The chase/The log bridge [4:35]
    17. Understanding the game [1:47]
    18. Rainsford at the waterfall [2:08]
    19. The hunt ends [5:34]
    20. End Credits [:23]

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    The first of many official and unofficial screen versions of Richard Connell's The Most Dangerous Game was put together by producer Willis O'Brien and directors Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel in 1932. Leslie Banks stars as loony Russian count Zaroff, a renowned big-game hunter who tires of stalking animals and begins hunting down the "most dangerous game"-human beings. Luring unwary victims to his remote island, Zaroff wines and dines them, gives them a few hours' head start to run into the jungle, then hunts them down with rifle and bow and arrow. As his grisly trophy room demonstrates, Zaroff hasn't missed yet. Shipwreck survivors Joel McCrea and Fay Wray are Zaroff's latest quarry. "First the hunt, then the revels!" declares Zaroff, casting a lecherous eye towards the wide-eyed Ms. Wray. The original Connell story had no heroine, but who wants to watch Joel McCrea lose most of his clothing while scurrying through the jungle? The Most Dangerous Game was filmed on RKO's standing King Kong sets during a lull in the production of that classic film, utilizing most of the Kong personnel (actors Fay Wray, Robert Armstrong, Noble Johnson, Steve Clemente and Dutch Hendrian; producer O'Brien; director Schoedsack; composer Max Steiner). While the plot has been reshaped and recycled many times since 1932, RKO's only official remake of Most Dangerous Game was 1945's A Game of Death. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    January 24, 2006: In the above summary, Willis O'Brien is listed as the producer of the 1932 Most Dangerous Game. I'm pretty sure Merian C. Cooper was the producer. Willis O'Brien did the animation and special effects for King Kong. Fans of King Kong will enjoy seeing some of the same sets used in King Kong including the swamp and the log across the ravine. Like Kong, this movie is fast paced. Leslie Banks gives an excellent performance as Count Zaroff.