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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

1h 35m · 30 Nov 1979
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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...

Movie ID11108
GenreAction, Adventure, Comedy
DirectorItalo Zingarelli
Main castTerence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, May Dlamini, Dawn Jürgens, Ben Masinga, Les Marcowitz, Sandy Nkomo
Release date30 November 1979
Release year1979
LanguageFrench
Duration95 min (1h 35m)
Rating6.8 / 10 (TMDB)
Production houseDenver Film Productions

Director: Italo Zingarelli
Writers: Italo Zingarelli, Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti, Vincenzo Mannino

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Terence HillSlim Bud SpencerTom Joe BugnerJack Ormond
May DlaminiMama Leone
Dawn JürgensStella
Ben MasingaJason
Les MarcowitzTrixie
Sandy NkomoStella's Father
Malcolm KirkOrmond's Henchman
Johan NaudeOrmond's Henchman Mike SchutteOrmond's Henchman Kosie SmithOrmond's Henchman Marcello VerzieraOrmond's Henchman
Nic van Rensburg
Hugh RousePolice Captain
Joseph Szucs
Tony BinarelliGambler (uncredited) Derek MillsMan in Court (uncredited)

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