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They Call Me Trinity

They Call Me Trinity (Lo chiamavano Trinità…)

Movie · 1970 · 15 people

They Call Me Trinity (Italian: Lo chiamavano Trinità...), made in 1970, is an Italian comedy Western, also known in Turkey as My Name Is Trinity. It is best known for turning the bloody spaghetti Western into a parody, replacing gunfights with the fist fights of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer. The film was a big success, made both actors internationally famous and is regarded as a classic by fans of comedy and of Westerns alike. A sequel followed in 1971 with the same director and duo.

The story is set around 1895. Hill and Spencer play the half-brothers Trinity and Bambino. Trinity is a master of the revolver, and together they defend a community of Mormon farmers against the men of the land-grabbing Major Harriman (Farley Granger) and Mexican bandits. Steffen Zacharias, Gisela Hahn, Remo Capitani and Luciano Rossi also appear.

Enzo Barboni wrote and directed under the pseudonym E.B. Clucher, with Italo Zingarelli producing and West Film providing financial backing. Shooting took place at Campo Imperatore in Abruzzo, and Franco Micalizzi composed the music. The film runs 110 minutes and opened in West German cinemas on 2 March 1971. A third instalment came in 1995, with other actors playing the sons of the original pair.

DirectorEnzo Barboni
Production companyWest Film

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Farley Granger Farley Granger Film actor · died at 85 Alberto Dell'Acqua Alberto Dell'Acqua Actor · born 1938 Terence Hill Bud Spencer Remo Capitani Dan Sturkie Ezio Marano Luciano Rossi Steffen Zacharias Gisela Hahn Elena Pedemonte Ugo Sasso Michele Cimarosa Riccardo Pizzuti Dominic Barto

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Yeşilçam Nostalgic A viewer raised on the classics, looking for warm storytelling and strong acting.

This is a film that turns the grim duels we associate with the Western into laughter. Showing that a farming community's rights can be defended without bloodshed is, to my mind, its most endearing quality. The humour isn't crude; it rests on body language and timing, so it feels perfectly familiar to anyone raised on the old Yeşilçam comedies. Franco Micalizzi's score is a big part of its light, playful mood. Seen today, some gags do repeat themselves, but that innocent spirit of siding with the weak still raises a smile.

Action & Thriller Fan Puts pace, tension and set pieces first; little patience for slow drama.

If you come looking for a spaghetti Western, it's a curious ride: the guns mostly go quiet and long fist fights take over. The brawls are fun and well timed, but if you want real tension or a sense of danger you won't find it, because there's always a joke in play. At 110 minutes it runs a bit long for something this light. If you love the joke of the Western rather than its grit, it's right up your street.

Family Viewer Asks whether the whole household can watch it; cares about humour and heart.

Instead of the bloody gunfights of classic Westerns, this one has fist fights, and the violence always turns into a joke. That makes it a film children can watch with their grandparents. The fights are very frequent, though, and young kids may want to copy them, so keep that in mind. The simple story of two brothers protecting farmers from the bad guys works for every age.

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