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Hatari!
Directed by
Howard Hawks
Approved
1962
2h 37m
Action
,
Adventure
,
and more
7.1
65%
77%
6.8
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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.
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Cast of Hatari!
John Wayne
Sean Mercer
Hardy Krüger
Kurt Muller
Elsa Martinelli
Anna Maria 'Dallas' D'Allesandro
Red Buttons
Pockets
Gérard Blain
Charles 'Chips' Maurey
Bruce Cabot
Little Wolf (aka "The Indian")
Michèle Girardon
Brandy de la Court
Valentin de Vargas
Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez
Eduard Franz
Doctor Sanderson
Sam Harris
Shopper at Macy's (uncredited)
Howard Hawks
Director / Producer
Leigh Brackett
Screenplay
Paul Helmick
Producer
Carl Anderson
Art Direction
Hal Pereira
Art Direction
Sam Comer
Set Decoration
Claude E. Carpenter
Set Decoration
Russell Harlan
Director Of Photography
Edith Head
Costume Design
Stuart Gilmore
Editor
Hatari! Ratings & Reviews
Slant Magazine
Derek Smith
For all of Hatari!'s built-in references to so many of Howard Hawks's films, it's ultimately quite unlike anything else he ever made.
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
[UPDATED 2025 4K + BLU-RAY REVIEW] Astonishingly, stunt performers were rarely used for the exciting sequences.
Brooklyn Magazine
Henry Stewart
All dumb romance, immature jokes, (unconscious?) racism and a child's sense of adventure.
The New Yorker
Richard Brody
Politics take a back seat to sex, served up in a dazzling wealth of innuendo.
Classic Film and Television
Michael E. Grost
Richly entertaining, with vivid characters.
TV Guide
The story is nothing more than a poor excuse for what Hawks really seems to be interested in presenting--big-game chases over the Kenyan veldt. These sequences are so well done that they save this otherwise-tepid film.
Variety
The strapping physique of the film unhappily emphasizes the anemic condition of the story streaming within.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
This late masterpiece (1962) by Howard Hawks transcends every literary value in the book to become a brilliantly entertaining and insightful work of pure cinema.
Video-Reviewmaster.com
Steve Crum
Colorful John Wayne Africa-based yarn w/slapstick, adventure, animals, and great Mancini score.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
Hawks continues to explore his favorite themes--professional conduct and male camaraderie--in this African travelogue abouyt an international team of animals catchers, headed by John Wayne. Though plotless, the film is visually compelling.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Overlong [!]
Film Journal International
Daniel Eagan
Exciting remake of Red Dust with exceptional African photography
New York Times
A.H. Weiler
Perhaps the accent on the trapping of free-roaming critters for use in zoos is a mite too heavy, but this aspect of African business rates the attention it receives here.
Movie Mom
Nell Minow
Cute elephants.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
Too long, but highly entertaining personality film
Reeling Reviews
Robin Clifford
Corny but vastly entertaining with terrific wildlife photography and a great score by Henry Mancini
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