I don’t know how the idea of making a dystopian movie combining Mervyn Leroy’s I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang with Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” came to pass – I’m betting alcohol was involved – but director Brian Trenchard-Smith took that very unique mixture and gave us a film…
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Bonanza: The Hunter (1973) – Review
Running fourteen seasons, Bonanza is the second-longest Western series – only eclipsed by Gunsmoke which lasted twenty seasons – so the fact that the writers of either show would dip into the classic story “The Most Dangerous Game” is not at all surprising, sadly, this episode titled “The Hunter” would also be Bonanza’s swan song.
The Suckers (1972) – Review
There have been many adaptations of Richard Connell’s short story “The Most Dangerous Game” – from the big to the small screen and with varying degrees of success – but in 1972 director Stu Segall took that well-told premise into the sexploitation genre and the result was…something.
I Spy: The Name of the Game (1968) – Review
In the 1960s everyone was trying to jump on the James Bond bandwagon but it was not only the big screen that saw this influx of international intrigue, enter I Spy from NBC. This action espionage series pitted a pair of intelligence agents posing as a tennis pro and his coach who would go on…
Gilligan’s Island: The Hunter (1967) – Review
In my ongoing series of reviews on adaptations of Richard Connell’s short “The Most Dangerous Game,” there have been many interesting takes on his short story but today we will look at one of the more bizarre versions, where a hunter will attempt to bring down what most would consider “The Least Dangerous Game.”