The Most Dangerous Game (1932 film)
The Most Dangerous Game is a 1932 American pre-Code horror film, directed by Ernest B. Schoedsack and Irving Pichel, starring Joel McCrea, Fay Wray and Leslie Banks.
Theatrical film poster
Theatrical release poster for The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
Fay Wray and Joel McCrea in The Most Dangerous Game (1932)
(L-R) Fay Wray, Steve Clemente, and Leslie Banks
Ernest Beaumont Schoedsack was an American motion picture cinematographer, producer, and director. Schoedsack worked as a cameraman in World War I, where he served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. At the conclusion of the war, he stayed in Europe to further his career. He worked on several films with Merian C. Cooper including King Kong, Chang: A Drama of the Wilderness, and The Most Dangerous Game. He also collaborated with screenwriter and actress Ruth Rose, whom he later married. Schoedsack died on December 23, 1979, at age 86.
Schoedsack during the production of The Most Dangerous Game in 1932
Image: King Kong Style A