I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)
- Released
- Runtime 1h 35m
- Director Italo Zingarelli
- Genres Action Adventure Comedy
- Rating 6.8/10 (538 votes)
Synopsis
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
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Terence Hill
as Slim
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Bud Spencer
as Tom
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Joe Bugner
as Jack Ormond
- May Dlamini as Mama Leone
- Dawn Jürgens as Stella
- Ben Masinga as Jason
- Les Marcowitz as Trixie
- Sandy Nkomo as Stella's Father
- Malcolm Kirk as Ormond's Henchman
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Johan Naude
as Ormond's Henchman
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Mike Schutte
as Ormond's Henchman
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Kosie Smith
as Ormond's Henchman
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Marcello Verziera
as Ormond's Henchman
- Nic van Rensburg
- Hugh Rouse as Police Captain
- Joseph Szucs
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Tony Binarelli
as Gambler (uncredited)
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Derek Mills
as Man in Court (uncredited)
Crew
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Italo Zingarelli
Director
- Aiace Parolin Director of Photography
- Claudio M. Cutry Editor
- Walter Rizzati Original Music Composer
- Roberto Palaggi Producer
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Italo Zingarelli
Screenplay
- Amedeo Pagani Screenplay
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Barbara Alberti
Screenplay
- Vincenzo Mannino Screenplay
