The Most Dangerous Game [Criterion Collection]

Director: Irving Pichel, Ernest B. Schoedsack Irving Pichel

Overview

Ernest B. Schoedsack's influential 1932 thriller The Most Dangerous Game is presented here in a standard full-frame transfer that preserves the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1. The English soundtrack is rendered in Dolby Digital Mono. English subtitles are accessible. Supplemental materials include a commentary track recorded by film scholar Bruce Eder, who provides a great deal of insight as well as context for the film. This is yet another first-rate release by Criterion.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/21/2010
UPC:	0037429137321
Original Release:	1932
Rating:	NR
Source:	Criterion Collection
Region Code:	1
Presentation:	[B&W]
Sound:	[monaural, Dolby Digital]
Language:	English
Time:	1:03:00
Sales rank:	16,339

Special Features

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

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Joel McCrea	Bob
Fay Wray	Eve
Leslie Banks	Zaroff
Robert Armstrong	Martin
Steve Clemente	Tartar Servant
William B. Davidson	Captain
Hale Hamilton	Bill - Owner of Yacht (uncredited)
Oscar 'Dutch' Hendrian	Tarter Servant (uncredited),Ships Crew
Noble Johnson	Ivan
James Flavin	First Mate on Yacht
Arnold Gray	Passenger on Yacht
Landers Stevens	'Doc'
Phil Tead	Passenger on Yacht
Max Steiner	Composer

Technical Credits

James Ashmore Creelman

Richard Connell

Irving Pichel	Director
Ernest B. Schoedsack	Director,Producer
James Ashmore Creelman	Screenwriter
Merian C. Cooper	Producer
Richard Connell	Screenwriter
David O. Selznick	Executive Producer
Lloyd Knechtel	Special Effects
Buster Crabbe	Stunts
Clem Portman	Sound Effects,Sound/Sound Designer
Murray Spivack	Sound Effects

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]

Menu

Side #1 --
   Logos/Opening credits
   Commentary
      Play Commentary
      Commentary Index
         Introduction
         The Bit Players
         Budget And Script Cuts
         The Shipwreck
         Visual Effects
         Noble Johnson/Leslie Banks
         The Fortress Decor
         Robert Armstrong
         Pathology/Censorship
         Joel McCrea
         Cuts In The Movie
         Cooper And Schoedsack
         The Partnership
         Schoedsack's Career
         The Chase/The Jungle
         Later Schoedback's Films
         Steiner And Sound Effects
         Rainsford's Transformation
         Finale
   Color Bars

Editorial Reviews

This classic horror film stars Leslie Banks in a tour-de-force of pure evil as the sadistic Count Zaroff, who waylays shipwrecked boats on his foggy island then unleashes his vicious dogs and hunts humans in the jungles for sport. Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray are among the prey and would be reunited the following year for co-director Ernest B. Schoedsack's wonderful King Kong, while the other co-director, Irving Pichel, would go on to act in Dracula's Daughter. The timeless adventure story has been copied many times, decades later by John Woo in Hard Target (1995), but few of the remakes compare to the somewhat tatty but effective original.

All Movie Guide - Robert Firsching