I'm for the Hippopotamus
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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...
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Cast
18 people
Terence Hill
Slim
Known for
They Call Me Trinity
My Name Is Nobody
Bud Spencer
Tom
Known for
They Call Me Trinity
Banana Joe
Joe Bugner
Jack Ormond
Known for
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
Buddy Goes West
May Dlamini
Mama Leone
No other roles listed
Dawn Jürgens
Stella
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Ben Masinga
Jason
Also in
Safari 3000
Auf Achse
Les Marcowitz
Trixie
No other roles listed
Sandy Nkomo
Stella's Father
Known for
The Naked Prey
Malcolm Kirk
Ormond's Henchman
Johan Naude
Ormond's Henchman
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Mike Schutte
Ormond's Henchman
Kosie Smith
Ormond's Henchman
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Italo Zingarelli Director · Barbara Alberti Screenplay Amedeo Pagani Screenplay
United States release November 30, 1979 · Produced in Italy, Germany, South Africa · Languages French, Italian
Production
Denver Film Productions
Production
Italy · Germany · South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Io sto con gli ippopotami
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
French · Italian
Release dates
Italy · November 30, 1979
Theatrical
United States · November 30, 1979
Theatrical
Denmark
June 15, 2015 · Physical
Germany
December 13, 1979 · Theatrical
November 26, 2009 · Physical · DVD
February 20, 2014 · Physical · Blu-ray
Hungary
May 28, 1987 · Theatrical
Spain
December 13, 1979 · Theatrical
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