Before their colossal success with King Kong, filmmakers Schoedsack and Pichel directed this chilling adaptation of Richard Connell’s short story. A luxury cruiser is shipwrecked on a remote tropical island inhabited by a mad Russian exile (Banks) who amuses himself by hunting human beings, whom he refers to as “the most dangerous game.”  Fay Wray’s wide-eyed horror brings intensity to the film, which was shot on many of the same locations as the more crowd-pleasing King Kong.