Hatari!

1962
U
2h 37m

IMDb RATING

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

See production info at IMDbPro

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

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
All cast & crew
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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).

Quotes
Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez: My name is Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez, and I don't wear pajamas.

Connections
Featured in John Wayne: American Hero of the Movies (1990)

Soundtracks
Just For Tonight
Lyrics by Johnny Mercer
Music by Hoagy Carmichael

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Featured review

so much fun

HATARI! is a film I could watch over and over for all eternity. I've loved it since I was a kid. John Wayne and a great ensemble cast are fun to watch as they have adventures in Africa capturing wild game for zoos around the world. Most of the laughs come from Red Buttons's comic relief Pockets, who does everything from make sly comments to building a giant rocket in order to capture monkeys. The capture sequences with the larger animals (especially the first and second rhino chases) are thrilling, with the actors themselves right in there with the animals. The almost three-hour running time flies by before you even know it. Throw in one of Henry Mancini's greatest scores and two pretty girls, and you've got a fun-filled adventure the whole family can enjoy for years and years.