I'm for the Hippopotamus

1979 · 1h35 · Film

Directed by Italo Zingarelli

Starring Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Joe Bugner, May Dlamini, Dawn Jürgens, Ben Masinga, Les Marcowitz, Sandy Nkomo, Malcolm Kirk, Johan Naude

Ideal when you feel… Happy Exhausted Romantic

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...

Original title

Io sto con gli ippopotami

Original language

Italian

Screenplay

Italo Zingarelli, Amedeo Pagani, Barbara Alberti, Vincenzo Mannino

Music

Walter Rizzati

Cinematography

Aiace Parolin

Cast

May Dlamini, Dawn Jürgens, Ben Masinga, Les Marcowitz, Sandy Nkomo, Malcolm Kirk, Johan Naude, Mike Schutte, Kosie Smith

Updated July 22, 2026

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