As I lay in the hospital bed recovering, they rolled a television set in, for which Horrie had thoughtfully paid the rental. First came the grainy images of indistinct cargo ships ploughing through rough seas, viewed from the air. The faces of Kennedy and Krushchev appeared. Long cylindrical coverings on the decks of the ships were indicated. There was trouble again, and it all had to do with a place called Cuba.
 

John Wayne and Howard Hawks produced another beauty with Hatari which apparently means danger in Swahili. We’re catching big animals out in Africa for the worlds’ zoos, with an international cast, but forget that. The romance scenes were a bit corny but the action  scenes were sensational with Wayne riding the catching seat in great style, and some rather funny comedy bits from Red Buttons and Elsa Martinelli having a great time.  As did everyone who saw it.
    Newspapers widely reported an incident  on location when a rhino suceeded in overturning one of the pursuing trucks leaving the driver, Wayne and Elsa Martinelli hanging upside down from their seat belts. Wayne thundered abuse at all and sundry while the rhino ran triuphant circles around its trophy. The native team of specialist rhino catchers were reluctant to help, because, as witness Hardy Kruger put it, “It wasn’t the rhino they were scared of.