Director: Enzo Barboni
Written by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Yanti Somer, Enzo Tarascio

Year / Country: 1971, Italy
Running Time: 112 mins.

They Call Me Trinity, the first ‘Trinity’ film, was a major financial success and made Terence Hill and Bud Spencer international stars. This follow-up was an even greater success. It became the top-grossing Italian film of all time upon release.

In this sequel, Trinity (Hill) and his older brother Bambino (Spencer) want to make name for themselves as outlaws. This is the last wish of their dying father. They also promise him to work together from that point on.

Bambino takes the lead and the two brothers head north. Their plan to become outlaws doesn’t go too smoothly. They get mixed up in unsuccessful robbery’s, crooked card games and a massive scheme involving a monastery. They also pretend to be federal agents, which is not good for their outlaw status.

The first ‘Trinity’ film was no Citizen Kane, but for a comedy-western it was fair enough. Trinity Is STILL My Name! isn’t all that great honestly. While Hill and Spencer function better and better as a comic duo, it’s the writers that drop the ball here. There is no story and the dialogues are weak.

Mostly, the writers depend on running gags to raise a few laughs. Some are okay: ‘don’t call me Bambino’, but some – like the farting baby – are terrible. There are also fewer of the slapstick fights that made the first movie entertaining, although it ends similarly with a major brawl.

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Biography: Enzo Barboni (1922, Rome – 2002, Rome) was originally a cinematographer, but later turned to writing and directing as well. In 1966 he shot Django, which became one of the archetypes of the spaghetti western. His second film They Call Me Trinity was also a massive trendsetter for the comedy-western and launched the careers of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. He also directed the sequels Trinity Is STILL My Name! and Sons of Trinity, which was his final movie. Barboni is often credited under his pseudonym E.B. Clucher.

Filmography: The Unholy Four (1970), They Call Me Trinity (1970), Trinity is STILL My Name! (1971), A Man from the East (1972), Even Angels Eat Beans (1973), Charleston (1974), Crime Busters (1977), The Odd Squad (1982), Go for It (1983), Double Trouble (1984), They Call Me Renegade (1987), Speaking of the Devil (1991), Sons of Trinity (1995)

Director: Enzo Barboni
Written by: Enzo Barboni
Cast: 5, Farley Granger

Year / Country: 1970, Italy
Running Time: 106 mins.

A man on a stretcher is carried through the desert by his horse. He doesn’t get up until he reaches Wells Fargo. This lazy bum is called Trinity. There is more to him than meets the eye. He is also known as the Devil’s right hand and he has the fastest gun in the West.

After saving a Mexican’s life, he goes to meet his brother Bambino, who is pretending to be the local sheriff. Bambino is the Devil’s left hand with a gun as fast as Trinity’s. Together they take on a band of outlaws that, under command of a corrupt mayor, want to drive a community of Mormon farmers from their land.

They Call Me Trinity is a significant movie for two reasons. Firstly, it initiated the Western-Comedy craze that swept Italy for a while. Secondly, this is the film that turned the duo Hill / Spencer into international stars, especially in Europe.

It also set the tone for many future Hill / Spencer collaborations: many brawls (with extremely LOUD sound effects), humorous dialogues and slapstick action. For its genre, it is pretty violent (Hill shoots a man in his crotch in one scene) and there is plenty of obscenity in the dialogues.

All in all, They Call Me Trinity is a fair vehicle for Spencer and Hill to show off their considerable (comedic) talents. Also features a fitting musical score by Franco Micalizzi.

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Biography: Enzo Barboni (1922, Rome – 2002, Rome) was originally a cinematographer, but later turned to writing and directing as well. In 1966 he shot Django, which became one of the archetypes of the spaghetti western. His second film They Call Me Trinity was also a massive trendsetter for the comedy-western and launched the careers of Bud Spencer and Terence Hill. He also directed the sequels Trinity is STILL My Name! and Sons of Trinity, which was his final movie. Barboni is often credited under his pseudonym E.B. Clucher.

Filmography: The Unholy Four (1970), They Call Me Trinity (1970), Trinity is STILL My Name! (1971), A Man from the East (1972), Even Angels Eat Beans (1973), Charleston (1974), Crime Busters (1977), The Odd Squad (1982), Go for It (1983), Double Trouble (1984), They Call Me Renegade (1987), Speaking of the Devil (1991), Sons of Trinity (1995)