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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

★ 6.8 · 519 ratings on TMDB
I'm for the Hippopotamus poster★ 6.8

In Africa, Slim and Tom don't like it when a German tyrant starts selling all of the African wildlife to Canadian zoos. Slim and Tom must teach this guy a lesson by beating the hell out of him and his gang.

DirectorItalo Zingarelli
CastBen Masinga, Bud Spencer, Dawn Jürgens, Joe Bugner, Johan Naude, Les Marcowitz
GenresAction, Adventure, Comedy
The emergence reading

I'm for the Hippopotamus keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E11 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same people

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