Hatari! Details

Howard Hawks's amiable safari romp, which he shot in East Africa, is ecologically sound, almost plotless and so long that you can wander in and out of it with no noticeable sense of actually missing anything. If you did, however, you would lose out on a wonderful and unique roller-coaster ride of fun and adventure. There's a sense of camaraderie between the likes of star John Wayne, director Hawks and writer Leigh Brackett that only long-term collaboration can produce. The movie also contains the best setting-a-dislocated-shoulder-by-hand scene ever.

Marked by the relaxed pace and tone of Hawks' later work, this could easily be seen as Only Angels Have Wings... read more on Time Out