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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780022119
Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 0780022114
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Academy Ratio
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 03, 2001
Running Time: 63 minutes
Sales Rank: 36396
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: September 16, 1932
Editorial Review:
Description:
'One of the best and most literate movies from the great days of horror,' The Most Dangerous Game stars Leslie Banks as a big game hunter with a taste for the world's most exotic prey-his houseguests, played by Fay Wray and Joel McCrea. Before making history with 1933's King Kong, filmmakers Merian C. Cooper and Ernest B. Schoedsack wowed audiences with their chilling adaptation of this Richard Connell short story. Criterion is proud to present the DVD premiere of The Most Dangerous Game in a new digital transfer.
Amazon.com:
The Most Dangerous Game is a classic, one of the first talkies to get pictures moving after five very static years following the birth of sound. The plot finds resourceful hero Joel McCrea and heroine Fay Wray being hunted on the island of the insane Zaroff (Leslie Banks). One of the grandfathers of the summer blockbuster, the film's setup has been reworked many times since, notably in John Woo's Hard Target (1993). By modern standards it's technically primitive, though still gripping stuff, complete with the jungle set built as a test run for King Kong (1933) and graced by Max Steiner's prototype of all Hollywood action scores. --Gary S. Dalkin
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - l love Fay wray
I can't get enough of Fay Wray.I loved her voice in the movie.The set was the same as King Kong.It is a wonderful period movie classic
Rating: - Only one rule to this game
Don't get killed!!!!
That's the only thing that matters in this frantic game of cat and mouse.
For a big game hunter, this sport is nowhere near as fun when you're the prey. Armed with just a knife, Robert must thrive on his wits and instinct alone as he becomes the animal. He is reduced to nothing but entertainment by another expert hunter. He sets traps and diversions as he desperately fights for survival in this fast-paced tale.
I vaguely remember reading this short ... Read More
Rating: - Classic
I got this to show my class after reading the story. It was fun because the students could find superficial similarities and differences, as well as thematic similarities and differences. I'll definitely use it in the future.
Rating: - landmark thriller classic
Filmed concurrently with "King Kong", THE MOST DANGEROUS GAME (based on the award-winning short story by Richard Connell) was not the same huge box office smash when it originally opened, but the intervening years have been very kind to this outstanding thriller.
After surviving a deadly boat explosion, world-famous hunter and author Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea) swims ashore to a mysterious island, where the lone occupant is Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks), an eccentric man who has taken ... Read More
Rating: - Old-fashioned Fun and Excitement
"There were four of us. The other two have disappeared." -- Fay Wray
This exciting early sound adventure has begun to receive the attention it deserves over the past couple of years. Filmed on the same sets designed for "King Kong" with that film shooting during the day and "The Most Dangerous Game" shooting after sundown it is a very handsome adventure tale with loads of entertainment value for classic film fans.
Richard Connell's stories were adapted for Cooper ... Read More
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