Richard Connell

Richard Connell

Author 19 / Writer 19 · 1932 – 2022 · 🎬 19 📖 19 · 🇺🇸 United States

Richard Edward Connell Jr. was an American author, screenwriter, and journalist. He is best known for his 1924 short story "The Most Dangerous Game." Connell was one of the most popular American short story writers of his time. His stories were published in The Saturday Evening Post and Collier's. He had equal success as a journalist and screenwriter and was nominated for an Academy Award in 1942 for the movie Meet John Doe (1941), directed by Frank Capra and based on his 1922 short story "A Reputation."

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Highlights

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

2022

Perrine's literature -- Tenth Edition

Perrine's literature -- Tenth Edition

2009

Holt Elements of Literature--Third Course

Holt Elements of Literature--Third Course

2009

Frequent Collaborators

Антон Павлович Чехов

9 shared

Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood

8 shared

Ray Bradbury

Ray Bradbury

7 shared

Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe

5 shared

Albert Camus

5 shared

Thomas R. Arp

4 shared

All decades 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s 2000s 2010s 2020s

🎬 Movies

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

writer

2022

The Pest

The Pest

writer

1997

Deadly Prey

Deadly Prey

writer

1987

Countess Perverse

Countess Perverse

writer

1975

The Suckers

The Suckers

writer

1972

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

Confessions of a Psycho Cat

writer

1968

Bloodlust!

Bloodlust!

writer

1961

Run for the Sun

Run for the Sun

writer

1956

The Kid from Brooklyn

The Kid from Brooklyn

writer

1946

Thrill of a Romance

Thrill of a Romance

writer

1945

Two Girls and a Sailor

Two Girls and a Sailor

writer

1944

Presenting Lily Mars

Presenting Lily Mars

writer

1943

Meet John Doe

Meet John Doe

writer

1941

Brother Orchid

Brother Orchid

writer

1940

Don't Tell Your Wife About It

writer

1937

Our Relations

Our Relations

writer

1936

F-Man

F-Man

writer

1936

The Milky Way

The Milky Way

writer

1936

The Most Dangerous Game

The Most Dangerous Game

writer

1932

📖 Books

Perrine's literature -- Tenth Edition

Perrine's literature -- Tenth Edition

author

2009

Holt Elements of Literature--Third Course

Holt Elements of Literature--Third Course

author

2009

Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Nine

Prentice Hall Literature -- Grade Nine

author

2007

Glencoe literature--the reader's choice--course 4

Glencoe literature--the reader's choice--course 4

author

2006

Perrine's literature--structure, sound and sense--Ninth edition

Perrine's literature--structure, sound and sense--Ninth edition

author

2005

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Gold Level

author

2002

Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition

Perrine's literature, Structure, sound and sense--Eighth edition

author

2001

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told

The Greatest Survival Stories Ever Told

author

2001

Perrine's Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Seventh Edition

Perrine's Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Seventh Edition

author

1998

Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold

Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold

author

1994

The most dangerous game

The most dangerous game

author

1990

Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Third Edition

Literature--Structure, Sound, and Sense--Third Edition

author

1978

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

Great American Short Stories [34 stories]

author

1977

The Ghouls

The Ghouls

author

1971

Designs for reading -- short stories

Designs for reading -- short stories

author

1969

Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbinders in Suspense

Alfred Hitchcock’s Spellbinders in Suspense

author

1967

Masterpieces of Adventure

Masterpieces of Adventure

author

1966

Great Tales of Action and Adventure

Great Tales of Action and Adventure

author

1959

Studies in the short story

Studies in the short story

author

1949

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