Spagvemberfest 2023: Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)

…continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità (They Still Called Him Trinity) is a sequel to, you knew it, They Call Me Trinity and was, for some time, the biggest Italian movie of all time.

It starts by reminding us that Bambino (Bud Spencer) and Trinity (Terence Hill) are as much the same as they are different. Bambino and Trinity both come across the same four men, they both steal their beans and eat them, but they do it in different ways. Bambino with his brawn and Trinity with his brains.

Those same four men follow the two of them back to their family home, where their mother Farrah (Jessica Dublin) robs them at gunpoint. Then, their father (Harry Carey, Jr.) acts as if he’s on his deathbed. He asks the brothers to get along, for once, and help each other be the best outlaws that they can be. The problem is that for as much of a scoundrel as Trinity is, he can’t not be a good person. And that keeps rubbing off on Bambino, even if it makes him angry that he has to go along with his little brother.

For example, they keep finding the same family in a stagecoach and have to help them and give them any money they’ve stolen. Even when challenged to a duel by Wild Card Hendricks (Antonio Monselesan), Trinity just keeps showing him how fast he is without killing him. This is after he’s surprised an entire saloon with his insane card sharp skills, showing off multiple shuffles and cuts of the deck.

An episodic movie to say the very least, this ends with the brothers helping some monks who have been taken over by criminals. My favorite part is in this scene, as Bambino spends an inordinate amount of time confessing his sins as a monk is shocked with every transgression.

Directed by Enzo Barboni, who wrote this with Gene Luotto, this would be the last official sequel until 1995’s Sons of Trinity. There are tons of retitled movies and ones that have Trinity in the name to watch until you get to that or you can watch Spencer and Hill in other films like Who Finds a Friend Finds a TreasureOdds and EvensCrime BustersDouble TroubleMiami Supercopsall the Way BoysTurn the Other CheekI’m for the Hippopotamus and Go for It.

You can watch this on Tubi.