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Movie Age rating in United States of America: PG-13

I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

Nov 30, 1979 · 1h 35m

6.8/10 TMDB user score
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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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Top 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 Trixie
  • Sandy Nkomo Stella's Father
  • 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 Police Captain
  • Joseph Szucs

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