Hardy
Krüger

1967

Untertitel
Englisch
Schauspieler
John Wayne
Hardy Kruger
Elsa Martinelli
Anna-Maria DAlessandro
Gérard Blain
Red Buttons
Michèle Girardon
Bruce Cabot
Eduard Franz
Emmett E. Smith
J. Williams
Regisseur
Howard Hawks
Produzent
Howard Hawks
Autoren
Leigh Brackett
Harry Kurnitz
Genres
Action & Abenteuer
Komödie
Drama
Hilfe
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Hatari! is Swahili for "danger"—and also the word for action, adventure and broad comedy in this two-fisted Howard Hawks effort. John Wayne stars as the head of a daring Tanganyka-based group which captures wild animals on behalf of the worlds zoos. Hardy Kruger, Gérard Blain and Red Buttons are members of Waynes men-only contingent, all of whom are reduced to jello when the curvaceous Elsa Martinelli enters the scene. In tried and true Howard Hawks fashion, Martinelli quickly becomes "one of the guys," though Wayne apparently cant say two words to her without sparking an argument. The second half of this amazingly long (159 minute) film concerns the care and maintenance of a baby elephant, the barely credible finale is devoted to a comic pachyderm stampede down an urban African street, ending literally at the foot of Martinellis bed. The other scene worth mentioning involves comedy-relief Red Buttons efforts to create a fireworks-powered animal trap. Not to be taken seriously for a minute, Hatari is attractively packaged and neatly tied up with a danceable-pranceable theme song by Henry Mancini.