Hatari!

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7.1/10

15K

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Action Adventure Comedy Drama Romance

A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.A group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.

Director
- Howard Hawks
Writers
- Leigh Brackett
- Harry Kurnitz
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.1/10

15K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Howard Hawks
Writers
- Leigh Brackett
- Harry Kurnitz
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 3 nominations total

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John Wayne

Sean Mercer

Elsa Martinelli

Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro…

Hardy Krüger

Kurt Muller
(as Hardy Kruger)

Red Buttons

Pockets

Gérard Blain

Charles 'Chips' Maurey
(as Gerard Blain)

Bruce Cabot

Little Wolf aka The Indian

Michèle Girardon

Brandy de la Court
(as Michele Girardon)

Valentin de Vargas

Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez

Eduard Franz

Dr. Sanderson

Queenie Leonard

Nurse
(scenes deleted)

Jon Chevron

Joseph
(uncredited)

Sam Harris

Man in Store
(uncredited)

Cathy Lewis

Radio Operator
(voice)
(uncredited)

Eric Rungren

Henry Scott

Sikh Clerk
(uncredited)

Emmett Smith

Bartender
(uncredited)

Jack Williams

Man
(uncredited)

Director
- Howard Hawks
Writers
- Leigh Brackett
- Harry Kurnitz
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Featured review

10/10

Great film for the whole family

Hatari is one of the best non cowboy films John Wayne ever made. And the supporting cast is superb. This one is a must see for the entire family. Red Buttons brings the humor, John Wayne the adventure and Else Martinelli the romance. All you need is the pop corn. The kids will get a big kick out of this movie as I did growing up. Many funny scenes in this movie. We have rockets going off, monkeys being trapped and a rhino that just wont give up. And don't forget the two baby elephants running thru the streets.

And yes, there is plenty of action for the adults too. This picture was made in Africa and has beautiful cinematography. And the actors preformed their on stunts in this movie. John Wayne can not only rope a horse, but a rhino too. I don't want to give the movie away if you haven't seen it. The movie is about three hours long, but it will fly bye. It is a fast pace movie. And by the way, Hatari means danger in Swahili.

lee188
Feb 15, 2005
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Trivia
According to director Howard Hawks, all the animal captures in the picture were performed by the actual actors; no stuntmen or animal handlers were substituted onscreen. The rhino really did escape, and the actors really did have to recapture it - and Hawks included the sequence for its realism.

Goofs
When the doctor needs a blood donor for Little Wolf near the beginning of the film, he states that it will be difficult to find suitable blood because the type is AB-. In fact though the type itself is rare, an AB- recipient can accept blood from any Rh- donor: A-/B-/o- are all ok, and type-specific AB- blood isn't required. Rh- blood is less common than Rh+, but not that rare (particularly o-, the universal donor).