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I'm for the Hippopotamus

I'm for the Hippopotamus

NOV 30, 1979 · 95 MIN · DIR. ITALO ZINGARELLI

ActionAdventureComedy

In 1950, in Africa. Tom organizes safaris for tourists, secretly equipping them with guns loaded with blanks. When Slim, Tom’s cousin—a sly slacker and staunch environmentalist—arrives, the two men come into conflict with Jack Ormond, a local animal trafficker. A doctor, a friend of the duo, denounces Mr. Ormond’s exploitation of animals in a newspaper, prompting Ormond to send his henchmen to destroy the clinic where the good doctor practices. But at the medical facility, Ormond’s henchmen find Tom and Slim waiting for them, and in the blink of an eye, the two cousins wipe out these thugs in a brawl. Ormond then tries to bribe the two cousins, and when that fails, has them imprisoned for a theft they never committed. After escaping from prison, the two men rush toward Ormond’s ship, beating the merchant’s men to a pulp...

Cast

  • Terence Hill

    Terence Hill

    Slim

  • Bud Spencer

    Bud Spencer

    Tom

  • Joe Bugner

    Joe Bugner

    Jack Ormond

  • May Dlamini

    Mama Leone

  • Dawn Jürgens

    Stella

  • Ben Masinga

    Jason

  • Les Marcowitz

    Trixie

  • Sandy Nkomo

    Stella's Father

  • Malcolm Kirk

    Ormond's Henchman

  • Johan Naude

    Johan Naude

    Ormond's Henchman

  • Mike Schutte

    Mike Schutte

    Ormond's Henchman

  • Kosie Smith

    Kosie Smith

    Ormond's Henchman

Crew

Screenplay

Vincenzo Mannino

Screenplay

Barbara Alberti

Screenplay

Italo Zingarelli

Screenplay

Amedeo Pagani

Director of Photography

Aiace Parolin

Editor

Claudio M. Cutry

Original Music Composer

Walter Rizzati

Producer

Roberto Palaggi

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