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''The Suckers'' is a 1972 American sexploitation film directed by Stu Segall under the pseudonym Arthur Byrd, and written by Ted Paramore (credited as Edward Everett). It is an extremely loose adaptation of the 1924 short story "Literature/TheMostDangerousGame", written by Richard Connell, with a plot that follows a big-game hunter who invites employees from a modeling agency to his estate, where he hunts them. The film stars Richard Smedley, Lori Rose, Vincent Stevens, Sandy Dempsey, Barbara Mills, and Norman Fields.

Steve Vandemeer, 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 two of their models to be guests on his estate for the weekend, and use them as the objects of his latest hunt. To make the hunt more 'sporting', he also invites a fellow big-game hunter Jeff Baxter, and adds him to the 'prey' to even up the odds.

* AdventurerOutfit: EgomaniacHunter Steve Vandemeer dresses in a safari suit and pit helmet while HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The film is centred around a HuntingTheMostDangerousGame plot, but the hunt does not start until the 50 minute mark. The preceding time is spent watching the interactions of deeply uninteresting characters who have a lot of sex. The non-professional nature of the cast does not help.
* EgomaniacHunter: Steve Vandemeer is a big-game hunter who has grown tired of stalking and killing animals, and so decides to start HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: humans.
* ElitesAreMoreGlamorous: GreatWhiteHunter Jeff Baxter is a former Green Beret who served in Vietnam. EgomaniacHunter Steve Vandemeer says that this makes him deadly even without access to his modern weaponry, and therefore suitable prey when HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.

* FlayingAlive: Vandemmer declares that hunter has to know how to skin his prey, and announces he intends to practice on Barbara. He has cut her top off and is holding the knife threatingly in front of her face when he is tackled by George.

* GreatWhiteHunter: Jeff Baxter is a professional hunter and Vietnam vet who Vandemeer inveigles to his estate, and then adds to his prey in order to give the models a more sporting chance.
* HuntingTheMostDangerousGame: Steve Vandemeer is an EgomaniacHunter who invites employees from a modelling agency to his estate, where he hunts them for sport.
* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: When Baxter learns about Vandemmer's plan for HuntingTheMostDangerousGame, and that he is to be included among the prey, he draws his revolver and shoots at Vandemmer. After a series of empty clicks, Vandemeer informs him that he removed the firing pins from his guns the previous night.
* MercyKill: Following the final fight, Vandemeer is badly wounded and dying. He asks Baxter for a final favour: from one hunter to another. Baxter says he would do the same for any wounded animal, and puts a bullet in his head.

* PleaseIWillDoAnything: When Cindy is captured by Carl, she promises him anything if he will spare her life and help her escape from Vandemeer's estate: offering him in sex and a large amount of cash she has hidden away from the IRS. Carl takes her up on the offer of sex, and probably would have helped her escape if Vandemeer had not arrived. Although Carl claims to have been stringing her along, Vandemeer decides that he no longer trusts Carl and [[YouhaveFailedMe terminates his employment: permanently]].
* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Vandemeer gloatingly boasts of how he intends to rape the models before he kills thm: claiming it is an ancient right of those who hunt humans.
* TrivialTitle: It is not even clear what ''The Suckers'' is supposed to refer to. Presumably it is the employees of the modelling agency and Jeff for falling into Vandemeer's trap, with secondary sexual innuendo meaning. However, neither of these interpretations has much to do with film's HuntingTheMostDangerousGame plot.

* UglyGuyHotWife: George and Cindy Stone. Cindy looks like a model (and, as a fashion photographer, she could even be an ex-model; although that's probably giving the film more credit than it deserves). George looks like he works manning the token booth at a peepshow. Their sex scene borders on FanDisservice.

* BiTheWay: Barbara, who is Joanna's girlfriend, sleeps with Jeff. Cindy opines that Barbara is a little confused, but deep down prefers the opposite sex.

* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: The film is centred around HuntingTheMostDangerousGame, but the hunt does not start until the 50 minute mark. The preceding time is spent with watching the interactions of deeply uninteresting characters who have a lot of sex. The non-professional nature of the cast does not help.

* MercyKill: Following the final fight, Vandemeer is badly wounded and dying. He asks Baxter for a final favour: from one hunter to another. Baxter says he would do the same for any wounded animal, and buts a bullet in his head.
* PistolWhipping: Carl knocks George out by slamming his rifle butt down on his head. Interesting, TapOnTheHead is averted, as George suffers a serious concussion from this.

''The Suckers is a 1972 American sexploitation film directed by Stu Segall under the pseudonym Arthur Byrd, and written by Ted Paramore (credited as Edward Everett). It is an extremely loose adaptation of the 1924 short story "Literature/TheMostDangerousGame", written by Richard Connell, with a plot that follows a big-game hunter who invites employees from a modeling agency to his estate, where he hunts them. The film stars Richard Smedley, Lori Rose, Vincent Stevens, Sandy Dempsey, Barbara Mills, and Norman Fields.

* FailedASpotCheck: Vandemeer, one of the one's greatest big-game hunters and already established in-story as possessing excellent senses, somehow fails to notice the badly concussed George staggering up behind him.

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: When baxter learns about Vandemmer's plan for HuntingTheMostDangerousGame, and that he is to be included among the prey, he draws his revolver and shoots at Vandemmer. After a series of empty clicks, Vandemeer informs him that he removed the firing pins from his guns the previous night.

* RapeIsAspecialKindOfEvil: Vandemeer gloatingly boasts of how he intends to rape the models before he kills thm: claiming it is an ancient right of those who hunt humans.

* YouHaveFailedMeForTheLastTime: Vandemeer overhears Carl, one of his henchmen, conspiring with Cindy to help her escape in exchange for sex and money. Vandemeer allows him to start running and the calmly shoots him in the back.

* ConvenientlyPlaceSharpThing: Vandemeer drops his knife when he is tackled by George. Baxter is able to reach it and cut through his bonds while George and Vandemeer are fighting.

* GreatWhite: Jeff Baxter is a professional hunter and Vietnam vet who Vandemeer inveigles to his estate, and then adds to his prey in order to give the models a more sporting chance.

* AdventurerOutfit; EgomaniacHunter Steve Vandemeer dresses in a safari suit and pit helmet while HuntingTheMostDangerousGame.
* EgomaniacHunter: Steve Vandemeer