The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
63min | Action, Adventure, Thriller | 27 February 1933 (UK)
Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. SchoedsackWriter: James Ashmore Creelman, Richard ConnellStars: Joel McCrea, Fay Wray, Leslie Banks
Summary: An insane hunter arranges for a ship to be wrecked on an island where he can indulge in some sort of hunting and killing of the passengers.
Countries: USALanguages: English, Russian
I don’t know how many of you will understand this reference, but surely the most dangerous game is being a contestant on Takeshi’s Castle.
No?
Erm, ok.
Russian roulette?
No?
Camogie. Definitely camogie. I played it as a teenager. It’s like hurling, which is brutal, but played by angry young women instead, which just ups the ante.
No?!
Sorry, I don’t underst… oh! Oh you mean game as in things you hunt, not things you play! Whoops, my bad.
Clearly the most dangerous game is therefore a world renowned hunter. Who, unsurprisingly, wins. Watch the RiffTrax. We did.