"The plot is old. I remember a show a few years back where the owner of a tropical island sent his guest(s) off into the bush and then went hunting for them. Or something like that. A stature-challenged actor with a French name was his servant.

"There was a novel written way back with a similar premise. I read it when I was about age nine or ten. Can't remember any detail. I doubt that it was ever reprinted." Q

The name of the book I think you mention, Q, is 'The Most Dangerous GAme of All'. I read it when I was a kid and it gave me bad dreams for quite awhile.

However, your first paragraph seems mixed up, to me. You are describing Ricardo Montalban and Herve Villechaize on the television show Fantasy Island. The premise of the show was not at all like Dangerous Game.