Lo chiamavano Trinità... (1970)

Director:

Enzo Barboni

Writers:

Enzo Barboni (writer)
Gene Luotto (English dialogue) (dubbed version)

Release Date:

4 November 1971 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Tagline:

He Was On the Side of the Law and Order. He Was On the Side of Crime and Chaos. He Was On Any Side That Would Have Him.

Plot:

A drifter comes to town where his brother is sheriff. His brother is actually a robber who broke the real sheriff's leg and left him for dead...

Plot Keywords:

Sheriff | Brother | Mormon | Settler | Cowboy

Cast

Terence Hill	...	Trinità / Trinity
Bud Spencer	...	Bambino
Steffen Zacharias	...	Jonathan
Dan Sturkie	...	Tobias
Gisela Hahn	...	Sarah
Elena Pedemonte	...	Judith
Farley Granger	...	Maj. Harriman
Ezio Marano	...	Weasel
Luciano Rossi	...	Timmy
Ugo Sasso	...	Sheriff
Remo Capitani	...	Mezcal
Riccardo Pizzuti	...	Jeff
Paolo Magalotti	...	Bandit
Vito Gagliardi
Antonio Monselesan

Also Known As:

Just Call Me Trinity (Philippines: English title)
My Name Is Trinity (USA)
They Call Me Trinity... (USA) (dubbed version)

Runtime:

106 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian | English

Color:

Color (Technochrome)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Australia:PG | Spain:T | Iceland:12 | Netherlands:6 | Sweden:15 | Italy:T | New Zealand:PG | Finland:K-16 | Norway:15 | Norway:16 (1972) | UK:PG | USA:G | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Campo Imperatore, L'Aquila, Abruzzo, Italy

Company:

West Film

Trivia:

The Italian movie with the highest number of viewers in Italian theaters until 1986.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): The famous "Time for everything under the sun" passage (Eccl. 3:1-8) does not, contrary to Tobias' statement, include "A time to fight and a time to win."

Quotes:

Passerby: Hi there, Sheriff.
Bambino: Shut up.

Movie Connections:

References Way Out West (1937)

One of the few comedy westerns I like - - watch out for the lousy DVD

(aka: THEY CALL ME TRINITY)

I have to admit I'm not one for comedy westerns but this one was actually funny in parts. It's almost as funny as SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL SHERIFF (1971) and I would almost consider it a welcome addition to my DVD collection were it not for the fact that the current Direct Source Media DVD weren't so awful.

Trinity (Terence Hill) a dirty, dusty drifter-turned bounty-hunter comes to town to pay a visit to his horse-thieving half-brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) who's pretending to be the real sheriff. Bambino's looking for the best way to rustle some of the Colonel's horses before he leaves and he's not interested in letting Trinity cut in. In the meantime, the Colonel (Farley Granger) is doing some plotting of his own, not only to get rid of Bambino but also to displace some Mormons who are settling on some land he wants for his own cattle.

The fights, the stunts and the gunplay Trinity and Bambino play on the Colonel's men is hilarious. I like it when Bambino uses the bottom of his fist to hit the bad guy's on the top of the head. And the ending fist fight scene at the Mormon's camp cracks me up. No wonder this film made Hill and Spencer popular in Europe.

Like I said, the DVD is a travesty with a transfer that's watchable but looks like it was lifted from a VHS source. The print itself the transfer was taken from is pretty grainy with bad splices and an audible hum in the soundtrack. It deserves a failing grade.

The TRINITY series needs the Anchor Bay DVD treatment, really bad. Since these Euro westerns were so popular, I'm surprised they haven't secured the rights to it yet.

7 out of 10

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