Richard Connell

1893-10-17 Dutchess County, New York, USA 38 Credits

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Richard Edward Connell Jr. (October 17, 1893 – November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist, probably best remembered for his short story "The Most Dangerous Game". Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time and his stories appeared in the Saturday Evening Post and Collier's Weekly. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for best original story for t...

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The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

2022

Short Story

4.4
Writing

A father and son are shipwrecked on a remote island where they are caught up in a trophy hunt held by its mysterious owner, a merciless man who uses t...

Hounds of Zaroff

2016

Short Story

6.0
Writing

Rachel wakes up to discover she is trapped on an island and must survive while being hunted by the madman Zaroff, a Russian game hunter.

The Pest

The Pest

1997

Short Story

4.6
Writing

Fast-talking Latino con artist Pestario "Pest" Vargas is the target of Scottish mobsters to whom he owes a considerable debt. Willing to do anything t...

Surviving the Game

Surviving the Game

1994

Short Story

6.1
Writing

A homeless man is hired as a survival guide for a group of wealthy businessmen on a hunting trip in the mountains, unaware that they are killers who h...

Ex-Cop

1993

as Stony Danburg

3.5
Acting

Pete Danberg is a good cop with a drinking problem. When the new Sheriff fires him in an effort to clean up the image of the department, Danberg refus...

Deadly Prey

Deadly Prey

1987

Short Story

4.8
Writing

A group of sadistic mercenaries led by Col. John Hogan kidnap Michael Danton from his home, and set him loose on the grounds of their secret camp to b...

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity

Slave Girls from Beyond Infinity

1987

Short Story

4.8
Writing

In the future, two slaves in a distant galaxy escape prison and crash-land on a strange planet. They meet Zed, whose hospitality attempts to hide the ...

The Perverse Countess

The Perverse Countess

1975

Short Story

4.4
Writing

Two rich aristocrats lure a virgin to a remote Spanish island for a night of sex, death and cannibalism.

The Woman Hunt

The Woman Hunt

1972

Short Story

3.8
Writing

A foreign correspondent is kidnapped and used for human prey.

The Suckers

The Suckers

1972

Short Story

3.8
Writing

A rich and powerful big-game hunter tires of tracking and killing animals, and gets an idea--he will invite the owners of a model agency he knows and ...

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

1968

Short Story

4.8
Writing

A deranged, wealthy woman offers $100,000 to three men if they can stay alive for 24 hours in Manhattan, and then hunts them down.

Bloodlust!

Bloodlust!

1961

Short Story

4.3
Writing

Two couples are on a boating trip when they come across an uncharted island. The four investigate and find themselves in the clutches of Dr. Albert Ba...

Run for the Sun

Run for the Sun

1956

Story

5.9
Writing

Mike, a Hemingway-esque adventure novelist, is spending his days in a self-imposed exile somewhere in Central America. A reporter for Sight Magazine, ...

Luxury Liner

Luxury Liner

1948

Screenplay

5.2
Writing

Capt. Jeremy Bradford has a particularly exciting luxury liner cruise in store when he's charged with transporting a troupe of opera singers to Rio de...

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

1946

Screenplay

6.2
Writing

Shy milkman Burleigh Sullivan accidentally knocks out drunken Speed McFarlane, a champion boxer who was flirting with Burleigh's sister. The newspaper...

A Game of Death

A Game of Death

1945

Short Story

6.2
Writing

A shipwrecked Don Rainsford washes up on a homicidal big-game hunter's Caribbean island where the madman hunts human prey for his personal island habi...

Her Highness and the Bellboy

Her Highness and the Bellboy

1945

Writer

6.3
Writing

In a fictional European country, a beautiful princess meets a handsome American reporter and falls in love with him. On a trip to New York, she hopes ...

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance

1945

Screenplay, Songs

6.2
Writing

A soldier falls in love with a newly-married woman after her husband abandons her for a business meeting on their honeymoon.

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

1944

Screenplay

5.7
Writing

A sailor helps two sisters start up a service canteen. The sailor soon becomes taken with gorgeous sister Jean, unaware that her sibling Patsy is also...

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

1943

Screenplay

6.3
Writing

Starstruck Indiana small-town girl Lily is pestering theatrical producer John Thornway for a role but he is reluctant.

Rio Rita

Rio Rita

1942

Screenplay

5.8
Writing

Doc and Wishey run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA from a Mexican border hotel.

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

1941

Story, Short Story

7.3
Writing

As a parting shot, fired reporter Ann Mitchell prints a fake letter from unemployed "John Doe," who threatens suicide in protest of social ills. The p...

Nice Girl?

Nice Girl?

1941

Screenplay

5.3
Writing

Jane is a nice girl and has had her eyes on a young man who seems more interested in his hand-built car than in Jane. She decides to shed her "nice gi...

Hired Wife

Hired Wife

1940

Screenplay

6.8
Writing

Ad man Stephen Dexter asks his secretary Kendall to marry him as a loophole in order to protect his finances during an important business deal. Once t...

Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

1940

Story

6.5
Writing

When retired racket boss John Sarto tries to reclaim his place and former friends try to kill him, he finds solace in a monastery and reinvents himsel...

The Cowboy and the Lady

The Cowboy and the Lady

1938

Additional Writing

6.1

Mary Smith decides after a lifetime of being a shut-in to do something wild while her father is out campaigning for the presidency, so she takes off f...

Doctor Rhythm

Doctor Rhythm

1938

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.

Love on Toast

Love on Toast

1937

Writer

5.5
Writing

The plot concerns a female press agent who must select a "Mr. Manhattan" and "Miss Brooklyn" for an ad campaign mounted by a soup company. The Mr. Man...

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

1937

Original Story

6.0
Writing

A Japanese screwball comedy about the battle between the sexes: two timid men, egged on by their wives, end up in a bitter duel over an expensive lace...

Our Relations

Our Relations

1936

Screenstory

6.9
Writing

Two sailors get caught in a mountain of mix-ups when they meet their long-lost twins. Laurel and Hardy play themselves and their twins.

F-Man

F-Man

1936

Story

Writing

Johnny Dime has aspiration of becoming a "G-Man" , gums up the work of Rogan, an actual government agent is his pursuit of Public Enemy No. 1. Dimes a...

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

1936

Screenplay

6.0
Writing

Timid milkman, Burleigh Sullivan, somehow knocks out a boxing champ in a brawl. The fighter's manager decides to build up the milkman's reputation in ...

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

1932

Short Story

7.0
Writing

When legendary hunter Bob Rainsford is shipwrecked on the perilous reefs surrounding a mysterious island, he finds himself the guest of the reclusive ...

Cheer Up and Smile

Cheer Up and Smile

1930

Story

Writing

When a popular radio singer is knocked unconscious during a robbery, a squeaky-voiced college boy fills in for him. To everyone's amazement, especiall...

Dark Streets

Dark Streets

1929

Story

5.0
Writing

Pat and Danny McGlone are identical twin brothers, rivals and competitors in everything they do, and Pat grows up and becomes a policeman while Danny ...

New Year's Eve

New Year's Eve

1929

Story

Writing

Taking place over 24 hours, "New Year's Eve" is the story of Marjorie Ware, broke and unemployed, who despairs as her ailing younger brother languishe...

No Place to Go

No Place to Go

1927

Story

Writing

Starry-eyed heiress Mary Astor yearns for a "cave man" who will treat her rough and make her like it.

Bright Lights

Bright Lights

1925

Story

Writing

Tom loves Patsy, but she lives in the city while he is every bit the country bumpkin. When an invention of his sells, he decides to take the money and...