![]() ![]() As the crazed hunter Zaroff kidnaps people and turns them loose on his private estate, where he hunts them for sport. Apart from Zaroff's servant "Ivan the Cossack" (Noble Johnson, a multi-talented African-American actor), the only other people present are Eve (Fay Wray) and her brother Martin (Robert Armstrong), also survivors of their own shipwreck. While their host is initially hospitable, he quickly reveals his true purpose : to hunt down and kill each of his visitors, as he has done with everyone unlucky enough to set foot on his island. He finds a remote fortress-like house and the owner, Count Zaroff (Leslie Banks film debut) who seems to be quite welcoming. After their luxury cabin cruiser crashes on a reef, and sinking itself, Bob Rainsford (Joel McCrea) finds himself washed ashore on a far island. The picture gets adventure, noisy action, a love story, thriller, exciting pursuits with numerous odds, risks and perils and results to be pretty entertaining. This tale was efficiently developed in this first of several versions using Richard Connell's famed novel, one of the most anthologized short stories of all time. ![]()
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