A Game of Death


A Game of Death is a 1945 American adventure film directed by Robert Wise and starring John Loder and Audrey Long. It is a remake of Richard Connell's 1924 short story "The [Most Dangerous Game]" about a madman who hunts human prey on his island. In the original story and in the The [Most Dangerous Game |1932 film adaptation], the madman is Russian, but in the 1945 version, he is German.

Cast

The film was originally called The Most Dangerous Game. Audrey Long was signed in January 1945, and Edgar Barrier joined shortly afterward. The film uses outtakes from RKO's 1932 production of The Most [Dangerous Game |The Most Dangerous Game] with Joel McCrea and Fay Wray.