Bob (Joel McCrea) is on a yacht which hits the rocks by a mysterious island, he is the only survivor and discovers a fort on the island owned by a Russian count (with a Scottish accent) Zaroff (Leslie Banks). The count introduces Bob to two other survivors from an earlier shipwreck Martin (Robert Armstrong) and Eve (Fay Wray). Zaroff then goes on at length about his obsession with hunting...
Eve though tells Bob she suspects foul play on the island, fears confirmed when Martin is soon found dead. Zaroff is indeed a hunter but he hunts humans. He sets Bob and Eve off into the wild and prepares to hunt them in a game of death...
Although the film does verge dangerously close to complete tosh, this is at times an exciting film with a decent bit of jungle action, especially some of the later chase scenes as the camera passes through the jungle. The characters are all rather two-dimensional though, apart from Zaroff who is hilariously over the top. Fast moving and efficient, a flawed but enjoyable film.
