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Features: DVD
Editor's Note
After a shipwreck, a big game hunter washes up on a remote island only to discover that its owner, also a hunter, has tired of tracking animals and has developed a taste for a new prey...humans. Co-Director Shoedsack performed the same duty on KING KONG, as did producer Cooper. The film also used the same jungle sets and star Wray. Based on Richard Connell's famous, oft-filmed story.
Plot Summary
Count Zaroff, a megalomaniac big game hunter, bored with shooting animals, has turned his attentions to other prey: human beings. He has yet to lose one of his unfair competitions (his less-than enthusiastic participants are armed with only a knife, while the Count is allowed a high-powered rifle) and eagerly waits for the next unfortunate soul to get shipwrecked on the small island he calls home. However, the Count doesn't expect to meet a man like Robert Rainsford, who proves to be more than a worthy match for the mad hunter.
| Features | Full Frame - 1.33 |
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Release Information
|  | Studio: LEGEND FILMS, INC. |
| Release Date: 8/19/2008 |
| Running Time: 63 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1932 | | Catalog ID: 00424 | | UPC: 00844503000644 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: B&W |
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| | Professional Reviews | USA Today
"...This is the most famous version of Richard Connell's often-filmed short story..." 11/06/1995 p.5D |
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