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    I'm for the Hippopotamus

    95'

    1979-11-30

    6.7

    Action,Adventure,Comedy

    Overview:

    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...

    DirectingItalo ZingarelliWritingItalo Zingarelli

    Cast

    3

    Slim

    Terence Hill

    2

    Tom

    Bud Spencer

    1

    Jack Ormond

    Joe Bugner

    1

    Mama Leone

    May Dlamini

    1

    Stella

    Dawn Jürgens

    1

    Jason

    Ben Masinga

    1

    Trixie

    Les Marcowitz

    1

    Stella's Father

    Sandy Nkomo

    1

    Ormond's Henchman

    Malcolm Kirk

    1

    Ormond's Henchman

    Johan Naude

    1

    Ormond's Henchman

    Mike Schutte

    1

    Ormond's Henchman

    Kosie Smith

    1

    Ormond's Henchman

    Marcello Verziera

    1

    Nic van Rensburg

    1

    Police Captain

    Hugh Rouse

    1

    Joseph Szucs

    1

    Gambler (uncredited)

    Tony Binarelli

    1

    Man in Court (uncredited)

    Derek Mills

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    Details:

    • Budget: 0
    • Home page
    • Revenue: 0
    • List of countries:
      1. Italy
      2. Germany
      3. South Africa
    • List of languages:
      1. French
      2. Italian
    • List of companies:
      1. Denver Film Productions
    • Vote Count: 544
    • Popularity: 2.6841
    • Status: Released
    • Original title:Io sto con gli ippopotami

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