Hatari! Page #3

Synopsis: Sean Mercer (played by John Wayne) runs a business in East Africa. He and his team capture wild animals for zoos. It is dangerous work - on of his men almost dies after being gored by a rhino. He accepts a request from a photographer to join his business and capture their experiences but is very surprised, and bit inconvenienced, when the photographer turns out to be a woman. However, over time he grows fond of her. Meanwhile, plans to capture certain animals lead to all sorts of plans and adventures.
Director(s): Howard Hawks
Production: Howard Hawks
  Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Rotten Tomatoes:
67%
APPROVED
Year:
1962
157 min
730 Views


- I think I can save you.

- Thank you!

Get back! Back!

- Thank you!

- OK. Get back!

- What the...?

- What's going on here?

What's this Clyde Beatty routine?

What's he doing to you, Sonya?

Poking a chair at you!

Come on, get out.

You don't belong here anyway!

Here, that's my girl.

Pockets,

aren't you ashamed of yourself?

Dallas screamed,

I ran in, saw the cheetah...

It looked too good to pass up,

so I thought I...

- I was wrong.

- I think you're right.

- And stay out of here!

- Yes, ma'am.

Hi, Sonya.

Oh, nice!

- Shall I give you a hand?

- I just want to file these letters.

- Why don't you join the fun?

- I don't belong in there.

I've had all the fun

I can take for one day.

I've had bangs and bumps

on every part of my body, from...

...from bottom to top.

And I had a bath

with a cheetah and three men.

So I think I'll just sit for a while.

About not belonging...

They decided that

if you want to stay, it's all right.

I'm glad of that, because...

You said "they".

Did you vote against me?

I told you I thought

you'd be a damned nuisance.

Yeah, you did. And I was today, wasn't I?

You were. But at least you knew it.

Nice speech, but I don't think

you can talk your way out of it again.

- Hi. Care for some company?

- Yes, why not?

I wouldn't blame you if you didn't.

We were rough on you today.

- I had it coming.

- Would you like a drink?

- Just sit down and talk to me.

- Thank you, Sonya.

What'll we talk about?

My favourite subject?

- What?

- Me.

All right. We'll talk about you.

I noticed today that when everybody

was wrestling with the giraffe,

you were just sitting in the car,

laughing. Why?

Because the giraffe was out there.

- Why?

- The giraffe has spots.

The zebra has stripes...

and the lion is all one colour.

What are you talking about?

Dallas, any animal that has spots,

stripes, or is one colour,

any colour, I don't go near.

- You don't like animals.

- I like animals, I'm just scared of 'em.

But, Pockets, you drove right in

with all these giraffes around.

- What colour is a giraffe?

- Mostly yellow.

- What colour is a New York cab?

- Mostly yellow.

I drove a cab in Brooklyn. I pretend

it's rush hour in Flatbush and...

...in I go.

You people, you're all crazy!

Just gives me a chance

to do some of my old jokes.

You said you'd had a great day.

What was it that you liked?

Everything. The car going so fast,

the animals running...

It seems...

...a great way to make a living.

Well, crazy, but...

Pockets, tell me about things here.

Who are these men?

Where have they come from?

Well... You know about Brandy.

And Kurt. Let's see...

Luis, he's Mexican.

He started out as a bullfighter.

He told us he was pretty good.

I never saw him.

- Now, there's the Indian...

- The man who wrote to me.

Mister... Little Wolf.

Little Wolf! Wait till you meet him.

His folks didn't know what they had

when they called him Little Wolf.

- The Indian and I take care of Sean.

- Take care of him? How?

Sean's Irish and he gets mad.

If he takes his mad out on us,

nobody gets hurt. We don't mind.

- Pockets, why he doesn't like women?

- Why doesn't he like...?

Dallas, I warn you, you are labouring

under a gross misapprehension...

- But why doesn't he like women?

- He thinks they're trouble.

Well, they are,

but who made him think so?

Well, that's a long story.

- He almost got married once.

- Well, that's possible.

He brought her here for a visit.

She hated the place, the animals,

everything and everybody.

She tried to get Sean to leave.

One day, she got on her broom and...

...just left town.

She was a fool.

You like it here, don't you?

Yeah, I like it.

I'm liable to like it too much.

Sean's got a way of...

You sure got it in a hurry, didn't you?

Pockets, tell me about him.

How does he treat you?

- You saw us all day.

- That was working.

You were with him a few minutes ago.

Was he nice to you?

No, he wasn't.

Well, lady, could be that you're in.

- What do you mean?

- I mean that's good.

If he were nice to you,

you wouldn't have a prayer.

Pockets, will you speak English?

- Bad is good, good is bad, I...

- OK, look...

If a man falls for a woman,

and gets his fingers burned,

so he won't be singed again,

what does he do?

I don't know. Tell me.

If he doesn't like you, he doesn't care

and he can be nice to you.

But if he does like you,

he doesn't want to get in any deeper.

So he acts mean. The more

he likes you, the meaner he acts.

- Doesn't that make sense?

- No.

Let's try a different way.

If you were me, what would you do?

If I were you, Dallas, I...

No, you wouldn't want me to answer that.

Pockets, make sense! What shall I do?

- Now you're making sense.

- What?

You said, "What shall I do?" That's it.

You're the one that has to do it. He won't.

- That's simple, that I can understand.

- You know, I think you do.

Come on. We've settled everything,

let's get a drink.

Dallas, one thing,

please, don't make him too mean.

- Why?

- I told you. He takes it out on me!

What's so funny?

We were talking about

that big giraffe you picked last year.

What a mess!

- He stepped over Sean.

- Landed on the hood.

After all that trouble catching him,

we had to let him go two months later.

- Why?

- We couldn't get him to Mombasa.

His neck was too long

for the railroad tunnel.

- Dallas, do you want a drink?

- No, thank you.

- E Flat.

- What?

E Flat.

- I told you, E Flat.

- You'd better be good.

At least I played it with both hands.

Arusha Control calling...

Arusha Control calling 505.

Do you read me? Over.

This is 505. We read you, over.

I have a transmission for you

from Dr Sanderson. Go ahead.

Hello 505. Can you hear me? Over.

Loud and clear, Sandy, go ahead.

Sean, you can have the Indian back

in three or four days.

I wish it was sooner. My nurses

are all worn out, dodging him.

That's good for 'em!

The exercise'll keep 'em thin.

If that Frenchman's up and around,

I'd like to talk to him. Over.

The Frenchman?

Didn't he come to your place?

He sure did not.

He left here early this morning,

with 15 he borrowed from the Indian.

- Where'd the Indian get 15?

- Borrowed it from me.

Did the Frenchman say

what he was using the money for?

No, just borrowed it and took off.

Over.

I guess that's that.

Put the 15 on our bill, Doc.

Tell the Indian

we're not sure he's worth it.

I've already done both those things.

Over and out.

- That's good news.

- Three or four days.

The Frenchman took off.

Too bad, we could've used him.

Better to work short-handed

than with the wrong kind of man.

How do you know

he was the wrong kind?

Didn't you hear it over the radio?

He took 15 from the Indian

for saving his life.

What kind of a man would do that?

- Lafayette is coming.

- What are you talking about?

The French blood bank

just turned in the gate.

- Hi.

- Hello.

The Indian said to tell you

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Leigh Brackett

Leigh Douglass Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and has been referred to as the Queen of Space Opera. She was also a screenwriter, known for her work on such films as The Big Sleep (1946), Rio Bravo (1959), The Long Goodbye (1973) and The Empire Strikes Back (1980). She was the first woman shortlisted for the Hugo Award. more…

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