Very well executed

Save your money for something good and enjoyable

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

While, there has been spaghetti westerns films in which both Italian movie stars, Mario Girotti AKA Terence Hill and Carlo Pedersoli AKA Bud Spencer started in, together before 1970's 'They Call Me, Trinity'; like 1967's 'God Forgives, I Don't', 1968's 'Ace High' and 1969's 'Boot Hill'. It was here in this film that really establish and introduce the comedy team of Hill & Spencer as mainstream comedy duo that would continue on, for years. The movie was written and directed by Enzo Barboni under the name, E.B. Clucher & it tells the story of drifter, turned bounty-hunter, Trinity (Terence Hill), coming to a town, where his horse-thieving half-brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) is pretending to be a real sheriff in order, to go against a local Major, Harriman (Farley Granger), who is trying to get rid of the Mormon settlers, in an attempt for land control. Without spoiling the movie, too much, I have to say, the quick on his feet, Hill and the powerhouse, Spencer really work well as a team, here, as the eponymous Trinity and juggernaut, older brother, Bambino despite not looking anything near like brothers. The story was a lot of fun with all the twist and turns in Trinity's character development. The man toward the end, is clearly, not the same laid-back guy from the beginning of the film as he grows more caring for the people, he swore to protected, even if most of it, was cause by the charms of polygamy. Despite, Trinity changed as a person, the main story is still pretty plain and standard. After all, this isn't the first western film that had defenseless people who are threatened to be driven of their land by a ruthless cattle owner. While, the enemies is kinda forgettable in this film. At least, some of the supporting villains, are somewhat memorable like Mezcal (Remo Capitani), the Mexican theft. One thing, I didn't get with the film is, is where the settling and timeframe for the film, were at. After all, it's pretty jarring to see Mexicans interact with Mormon settlers, in what I supposed, is the Utah Territory. I can somewhat see it, if the movie was placed, somewhere between 1830 to 1850, when the State of Deseret or the Mormon Corridor was somewhat of an idea and California & Nevada was in Mexico's control; however, it doesn't match up, well with the technology and clothing feature in this film. I know that, a bit of a stretch of nitpicking, but it was indeed a bit puzzling for me, to see then-Mormon be, unwilling to fight, when the majority of their early history is spent fighting with U.S Government during the Utah War of 1857. While, yes, there wasn't any actual battles. However, these men & women, weren't pushed overs. There were some casualties, mostly in non-Mormon civilians, like the Mountain Meadows massacre. Anyways, the origins and genesis of the Trinity movies are just as bit obscure. When, you hear, the word, 'trinity', you first think of 3. However, this movie only has two protagonists, then the three as it was originally attended. Somewhere, during early rewrites, somebody must had proposed to bring down the number from three to two, because it wasn't working. In my belief, I always thought that Steffen Zacharias as Jonathan was supposed to be, given a bigger role, than Bambino's servlet, but his scenes were really cut down. Another belief is that Brother Tobias (Dan Sturkie) is the third guy, because, how all three of them, called themselves, brothers. Then, there is the fact, that Trinity also related to the Bible as the Father (God), the Son (Jesus Christ), and the Holy Spirit—as "one God in three Divine Persons". While, the movie does have hidden religionist overtones, it's not too preachy or in your face to notice. In the end, director Enzo Barboni has always sustained that the film's two main characters reflected the two typical men obsessions, food and sex. They're supposed to represent the lazy, unreliable, unwashed, somewhat crooked heroic humors of American Western. It's no wonder, why these movie has been known as fagioli (beans) westerns. It's all, about being somewhat gross and having a good laugh. It seems from the director that he had been soliciting producers with a script for a comedy western for years, as he wasn't very fond of the brutality of shoot-outs, that the Italian western had brought into the genre. Looking for over-the-top yet, cock-eyed logic fist-fights action-packed approached, he somewhat save the Spaghetti Westerns genre with this film. Those fights are among the most elaborated ever filmed, and were the result of the years of experience of the Italian stuntmen with barroom brawls in more serious spaghetti westerns. Virtually every stuntman available was present in the movie. It was a mostly fun watch. However, while, this movie does have some funny moments; some of the humor was somewhat dated, even when this film came out. It could had been a little funnier at parts. In my opinion, the sequel, 1971 'Trinity Is Still My Name' was a lot better. Another problem with the film is the differences in various versions. Since the movie was once in the public domain, at least until 1996; many video releases were of a poor quality, often grainy, and missing key scenes like how Bambino became the sheriff or the Major going to Mexico. So watch out for that. Overall: While, this movie created a subgenre of its own, spawning an entire army of sequels, spin-offs, imitations, and others. Then, there is also the fact that other films published under the Trinity brand, not truly canon. The rest are earlier, more serious and grim films also starring Hill and Spencer but in different roles like 1969's 'Boot Hill'. So watch out for that. In the end, 'They Call Me Trinity' is a must watch for any Spaghetti Western fan. A true gem.

I have watched the direct sequel, Trinity is Still My Name, but none of the others. With that said, I can't draw many comparisons, because I honestly don't remember much of it. I suppose I do see the appeal, however, Spaghetti(or regular) Westerns just aren't my genre. Therefore, I haven't seen a lot with Spencer or Hill, either. The former gets to do his schtick of brawling against a ton of non-speaking extras, and the latter engages in some of that as well, and uses his charm. I believe that anyone into them and/or this kind of movie would enjoy this immensely. The fights are big, with marvelous stunt-work and a great balance between being realistic and exaggerated. Acting and dubbing are well-done, and this has your usual batch of nasty-looking types that you expect from this. Editing is good. The plot is interesting enough, and this has that flavor of the environment that films like this ought to. Sound is fitting(as is the way for these, hitting someone makes a loud noise), and the music is nice. There is not a lot of offensive material in this, and people of most ages should be fine. I recommend this to any fan of those who made it. 7/10

Very interesting to find another reviewer who had the exact same reaction to this movie as I did: It was a heck of a lot better when I was 10 or 11 years old.Seeing it more than 30 years later, it's still okay, but it only mildly held my interest. What seemed hugely funny back then was only mildly amusing.Also, things that were astonishing to me as a 10-year-old came across as just silly. For example, in one scene Trinity is walking along and fires his revolver behind him and kills two men without even looking. In fact, he doesn't even bother to look and see if they're dead, because he knows he hit the mark. Um, yeah, right.In addition, a lot of the dialogue sounds quite wooden. Sorry, but 35 years later, it hasn't really aged that well.Although it's been a long time since I've seen that one as well, probably a better Terrence Hill film than this one would be My Name Is Nobody.

(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-