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I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

I'm for the Hippopotamus (1979)

Io sto con gli ippopotami
PG-13 95 minutes IT Action , Adventure , Comedy
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.
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Joe Bugner
Jack Ormond
May Dlamini
Mama Leone
Sandy Nkomo
Stella's Father
Malcolm Kirk
Ormond's Henchman
Johan Naude
Ormond's Henchman
Mike Schutte
Ormond's Henchman
Kosie Smith
Ormond's Henchman

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Production companies: Denver Film Productions
Production countries: Italy

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PG-13 (Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Films given this rating may contain sexual content, brief or partial nudity, some strong language and innuendo, humor, mature themes, political themes, terror and/or intense action violence. However, bloodshed is rarely present. This is the minimum rating at which drug content is present.)

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