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There have been several adaptations of Richard Connell’s 1924 short story “The Most Dangerous Game.” The story presents an intense battle of wills when a big-game hunter becomes prey for an aristocrat who hunts humans for sport. The first adaptation was a 1932 film of the same name produced by RKO Pictures. Unique examples inspired by Connell’s human-hunting premise, though not direct adaptations, include the Roger Corman-produced The Woman Hunt (1972) and John Leguizamo’s comedy The Pest (1997).
