Hugo the Hippo (1975)
December 25, 1975
Animation, Family, Adventure
1h 31m
![Poster for Hugo the Hippo](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w500/vEqDSWGfwoIrdXfoKPpUSNKuQs4.jpg)
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Color, creatures, music, sound like you've never seen or heard before. It's the wildest trip ever animated. It's a treat for the whole family. It's… PHANTASMAGORICAL!
The Sultan of Zanzibar has a harbor infested with sharks, which makes it impossible for ships to trade with him. In an attempt to fix the problem, he brings twelve hippos into the harbor to keep the sharks away. His idea works well enough, but once the hippos are no longer a novelty and the people no longer feed them, they begin to starve. After the hungry hippos rampage through the city looking for food, Aban-Khan, the king's adviser, slaughters all the hippos except one, a little hippo named Hugo.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- Bill Feigenbaum
- Narrator - Vocalist (voice) Burl Ives
- Sultan (voice) Robert Morley
- Aban-Khan (voice) Paul Lynde
- Jorma's Father (voice) Percy Rodriguez
- Judge (voice) Len Maxwell
- Vocalist (voice) Marie Osmond
- Vocalist (voice) Jimmy Osmond
- Mr. M'Bow-Wow - Additional Characters (voice) Don Marshall
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Keywords
- hippopotamus
- sultan
- shark
- zanzibar
- animal slaughter