Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Hatari!



Rating: 7.2 out of 10 (3639)
Year: 1962
Actors:
John Wayne (Sean Mercer)
Elsa Martinelli (Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro)
Bruce Cabot (Little Wolf aka The Indian)
Valentin de Vargas (Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez)
Eduard Franz (Dr. Sanderson)
Queenie Leonard (Nurse)
Jon Chevron (Joseph)
Sam Harris (Man in store)
Eric Rungren Henry Scott (Sikh clerk)
Emmett Smith (Bartender)

Directed by:
Howard Hawks
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Taglines:

Wayne means adventure!
Hatari means Fun! Hatari means Adventure! Hatari means Thrills!
Hatari means Fun Hatari means Adventure! Hatari means Thrills!
Danger! Excitement! Romance!
Fun! Adventure! Romance! Thrills! For People Of All Ages! A Wonderful New World Of Entertainment!
For People Of All Ages! A Wonderful New World Of Entertainment!

Plot Summary:

John Wayne and his ensemble cast cavort over the African landscape filling orders from zoos for wild animals. Bruce Cabot plays "the Indian", a womanizing sharpshooter who is gored by a rhino in the opening scenes of the film. This becomes a running theme through the movie; their bad luck in catching rhinos, and provides the climactic ending chase. While Bruce is in the hospital, Elsa Martinelli shows up as a woman photographer from a Swiss zoo, and John wants to send her packing. She strongarms the Duke into letting her stay by promising that her zoo will buy most of their animals this season if she's allowed to go along on the hunts and take photos. Hardy Kruger, Gerard Blain, Michelle Girardon and Valentin de Vargas round out the group. They traipse over the African landscape capturing animals; Elsa also has a running gag where she collects baby elephants as the movie goes along. In the end she's acquired three of them.

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