I'm for the Hippopotamus

I'm for the Hippopotamus
Directed by	Italo Zingarelli
Produced by	Vincent G. Cox Roberto Palaggi
Written by	Barbara Alberti Amedeo Pagani Vincenzo Mannino Italo Zingarelli
Starring	Terence Hill Bud Spencer Joe Bugner
Music by	Walter Rizzati
Cinematography	Aiace Parolin
Edited by	Claudio M. Cutry
Release dates	1979
Running time	108 minutes (Italy)
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

I'm for the Hippopotamus (Italian: Io sto con gli ippopotami) is a 1979 Italian adventure-comedy film directed by Italo Zingarelli and starring Terence Hill and Bud Spencer.^[1]

Plot summary

Two men engage in a semi-friendly rivalry at the beginning of the film. Hill's character occasionally ruins the other's hunting safaris. It turns out that Spencer's character is none too honest, either, since he gives his tourists rifles loaded with blanks so they can't hurt each other or the animals. The two have to team up to stop a villain, with plenty of comedy, eating, and violence.

Cast

• Terence Hill as Slim
• Bud Spencer as Tom
• Joe Bugner as Ormond
• May Dlamini as Mama Leone
• Dawn Jürgens as Stella (Slim's lady-love)
• Malcolm Kirk as Ormond's bald henchman
• Ben Masinga as Jason
• Les Marcowitz
• Johan Naude
• Nick Van Rensburg
• Hugh Rouse as Police Captain, arresting Slim and Tom
• Mike Schutte as Ormond's henchman (German version: Lumpi)
• Kosie Smith as Ormond's henchman with moustache (German version: Kopf, wie 'n Hauklotz)
• Joseph Szucs
• Sandy Nkomo as Senghor (Stella's father)

Soundtrack

• Bud Spencer - "Grau Grau Grau"

References

External links

• Io sto con gli ippopotami at the Internet Movie Database
• I'm for the Hippopotamus is available for free download at the Internet Archive (Dubbed in German)