Lo chiamavano Trinità (1970)

User Rating:

7.2/10   

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
Bud Spencer	...	Bambino
Farley Granger	...	Maj. Harriman
Elena Pedemonte	...	Judith
Steffen Zacharias	...	Jonathan
Dan Sturkie	...	Tobias
Gisela Hahn	...	Sarah
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:

Factual errors: The theme lyrics state that Trinity "keeps alive with his Colt .45." In fact, the revolver Trinity uses throughout the film is a Griswold & Gunnison .36 sporting a Colt Model 1851 barrel, also .36 caliber.

Quotes:

Bounty Hunter: Hey, Trinity. They say you got the fastest gun around.
Trinity: Is that what they say?
Bounty Hunter: Yeah.
Trinity: [chuckles] Geez...

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Spaghetti West (2005) (V)

Good fun

A friend once tried to get me to laugh at the card scene in this but I couldn't stand it. I realize that it was because he showed it to me out of context. Watching this film from the beginning puts you into a laid-back spaghetti western world that is a joy to hang out in for a while. All the characters are fun to watch and there's a real special sort of humor here.

The only drawback to the film would be the extended final fight scene that goes on without enough imaginative choreography. The racist treatment of Mexicans is a bit perturbing and strange considering how other Italian westerns of the time cast them as revolutionary heroes.

The writing translates well into English and the US version is among the best spaghetti western dubs around.