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Plot

The story involves a group of Western expatriates catching wild animals in Africa and selling them to zoos, led by Sean Mercer (John Wayne). After the character Little Wolf aka ‘The Indian’ (Bruce Cabot) is injured during a rhinoceros chase. He is rushed to the hospital at Arusha where he needs a blood transfusion. None of the team can provide the required rare blood type, but a young frenchman, Charles ‘Chips’ Maury (Gerard Blain) can. ‘Chips’ is hired as a replacement for ‘The Indian’ as the international group tries to fill all the orders for the season. A wildlife photographer Anna Maria ‘Dallas’ D’Allesandro (Elsa Martinelli) arrives to take photos of the captures for the zoo which will be buying the bulk of that season’s captures. She is at first mistaken for a man because of the introduction letter she’d signed with only her initials. Due to the complexity of her name, she is nicknamed ‘Dallas’. During her stay she becomes known as Mama Tembo (Mother of Elephants) for her efforts to save three baby elephants, culminating in a chase through the streets of Arusha in Tanzania. She also develops a crush on Mercer. There are romantic subplots between the other characters as well.

Production

Hatari! has a very loose script and, like many other major works of Hawks, is principally structured on the relationships between the characters. Much of the film centers around scenes of chasing animals in jeeps and trucks across the African plains. The chased animals are also all live, wild, and untrained, a procedure banned today over concerns of exhausting and killing the targeted animals. The script was written by Hawks’ favorite writer, Leigh Brackett, after the group returned from Africa with the hunting scenes.

As the animals frequently refused to make noise ‘on cue’ (in particular, the baby elephants refused to trumpet inside populated areas), local Arusha game experts and zoo collectors were hired to do ‘animal voice impersonations’.

Hawks has stated in interviews that he had originally planned to star both Clark Gable and Wayne in the film until Gable’s death finally ruled that out.

Hatari! introduced the memorable Henry Mancini tune “Baby Elephant Walk”. Other memorable musical moments involve a duet of Stephen Foster’s Old Folks at Home (Swanee River) with Martinelli’s character playing the piano, and Red Buttons’ character playing the harmonica. Also, after ‘the Indian’ is left to recuperate in the hospital, the members of the group get drunk and sing a somewhat tragicomical song that features lyrics like “Oh whisky leave me alone, I’m tired and I want to go home”.

Cast

John Wayne as Sean Mercer

Hardy Krger as Kurt Mller

Elsa Martinelli as Anna Maria ‘Dallas’ D’Allesandro

Red Buttons as Pockets

Grard Blain as Charles ‘Chips’ Maurey

Bruce Cabot as Little Wolf aka The Indian

Michle Girardon as Brandy de la Court

Valentin de Vargas as Luis Francisco Garcia Lopez

Eduard Franz as Dr. Sanderson

Queenie Leonard as Nurse (scenes deleted)

References

North American musician Tune-Yards made a song Hatari, loosely based on the movie.

External links

Hatari! at the Internet Movie Database

hatari in the Internet Living Swahili Dictionary

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Films directed by Howard Hawks

1920s

The Road to Glory Fig Leaves The Cradle Snatchers Paid to Love A Girl in Every Port Fazil The Air Circus Trent’s Last Case

1930s

The Dawn Patrol The Criminal Code La Foule hurle Scarface The Crowd Roars Tiger Shark Today We Live The Prizefighter and the Lady Viva Villa! Twentieth Century Barbary Coast Ceiling Zero Sutter’s Gold The Road to Glory Come and Get It Bringing Up Baby Only Angels Have Wings

1940s

His Girl Friday Sergeant York Ball of Fire Air Force To Have and Have Not The Big Sleep Red River A Song Is Born I Was a Male War Bride

1950s

The Thing from Another World The Big Sky Monkey Business O. Henry’s Full House Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Land of the Pharaohs Rio Bravo

1960s

Hatari! Man’s Favorite Sport? Red Line 7000 El Dorado

1970s

Rio Lobo

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