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I'm for the Hippopotamus
I'm for the Hippopotamus
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1979
1h 35m
6.8(525 votes)
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...

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18 members
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Terence Hill

Slim

Terence Hill
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Bud Spencer

Tom

Bud Spencer
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Joe Bugner

Jack Ormond

Joe Bugner
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May Dlamini

Mama Leone

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Dawn Jürgens

Stella

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Ben Masinga

Jason

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Les Marcowitz

Trixie

Les Marcowitz
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Sandy Nkomo

Stella's Father

Sandy Nkomo
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Malcolm Kirk

Ormond's Henchman

Malcolm Kirk
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Johan Naude

Ormond's Henchman

Johan Naude
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Mike Schutte

Ormond's Henchman

Mike Schutte
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Kosie Smith

Ormond's Henchman

Kosie Smith
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Marcello Verziera

Ormond's Henchman

Marcello Verziera
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Nic van Rensburg

Unknown Role

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Hugh Rouse

Police Captain

Hugh Rouse
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Joseph Szucs

Unknown Role

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Tony Binarelli

Gambler (uncredited)

Tony  Binarelli
Art

Derek Mills

Man in Court (uncredited)

Derek Mills

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