I'm for the Hippopotamus
I'm for the Hippopotamus

Movie·1979·1h 35m

I'm for the Hippopotamus

Country

Italy

Language

French

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The Story

Original title: Io sto con gli ippopotami

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...

Written By

Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti, Vincenzo Mannino

Producer

Roberto Palaggi

Cinematography

Aiace Parolin

Music

Walter Rizzati

Editor

Claudio M. Cutry

Themes

africalove of animalscousinsimbabwepoacherconflictanimals

Production House

Denver Film Productions

Audience Score

68%

527 votes

Skip11%
Timepass25%
Go for it38%
Perfection26%

Where to watch

Region: AT

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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

Les Marcowitz

Trixie

Sandy Nkomo

Sandy Nkomo

Stella's Father

Malcolm Kirk

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

Marcello Verziera

Marcello Verziera

Ormond's Henchman

Nic van Rensburg

Hugh Rouse

Hugh Rouse

Police Captain

Joseph Szucs

Tony  Binarelli

Tony Binarelli

Gambler (uncredited)

Derek Mills

Derek Mills

Man in Court (uncredited)

// crew

Crew

Aiace Parolin

Director of Photography

Italo Zingarelli

Italo Zingarelli

Screenplay, Director

Amedeo Pagani

Screenplay

Barbara Alberti

Barbara Alberti

Screenplay

Roberto Palaggi

Producer

Walter Rizzati

Original Music Composer

Vincenzo Mannino

Screenplay

Claudio M. Cutry

Editor

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