The Most Dangerous Game: Hunted on Ship-Trap Island

Originally Aired: February 1, 1945 In Suspense #128, “The Most Dangerous Game,” Joseph Cotten stars as Sanger Rainsford, a renowned hunter shipwrecked on the infamous Ship-Trap Island—where he discovers his host, the urbane General Zaroff (J. Carrol Naish), has devised the ultimate sport: hunting human beings. With every trick and trap at his disposal, Rainsford must survive a harrowing three-day manhunt through jungle, swamp, and terror, matching wits against a predator who calls murder a “game.” A pulse-pounding radio adaptation of Richard Connell’s legendary tale of survival and moral reckoning. Cast: Joseph Cotten, J. Carrol Naish Tags: Suspense, thriller, adventure, JosephCotten, JCarrolNaish, MostDangerousGame, oldtimeradio, manhunt, survival, horror, ShipTrapIsland, classicstory, 1940sradio, classicdrama, suspensepodcast