Trinity is Still My Name (1972)

Terence Hill returns as Trinity and is reunited with his half-brother Bambino (Bud Spencer) when he returns home to visit his parents.

But there’s a bit of sad news. According to their ma, Pa’s ticker’s on the fritz. As a dying wish, he asks Bambino to watch out for his brother and teach him a decent trade, like horse stealing.

Bambino reluctantly agrees and off they ride. When they come across a pioneer wagon with a busted wheel, Bambino figures it’s time for Trinity’s first lesson in robbery.

But Trinity takes one look at the couple’s pretty pioneer daughter (Yanti Somer) and loses all thoughts of larceny. The brothers not only fix the wagon, they wind up giving the family money.

Well, the pioneer family keeps showing up. And Trinity keeps trying to impress the pretty girl, finally passing he and his brother off as federal agents.

When a local rancher named Parker learns of that, he offers the brothers $4,000 to keep their eyes closed.

Seems he’s been running guns, forcing monks at the nearby mission to serve as middle-men in the transactions.

It doesn’t take Trinity and Bambino long to figure out there might be a chance to ride off with far more than $4,000. Heck, Parker’s expecting a $50,000 payment just for the latest wagon full of weapons.

Review:

Wow. The first Trinity film was genuinely funny, featuring a strong — if straight-forward — plot to go along with its humor.

This, on the other hand, is a two-hour snoozefest. Any semblance of a plot doesn’t show up until halfway through the film.

And the clever comedy of the original Trinity is replaced by card tricks, a farting infant and more scenes of actors eating like pigs than you’d think possible in a single movie.

Unfortunately, this film was an even bigger commercial success than “They Call Me Trinity.”

Which meant the flood of imitations continued, with many of them turning out even more unbearable than this bore.

Directed by:
Enzo Barboni
as E.B. Clucher

Cast:
Terence Hill … Trinity
Bud Spencer … Bambino
Yanti Somer … Pioneer girl
Jessica Dublin … Pearl, Ma
Enzo Tarascio … Sheriff Mitch
Pupo De Luca … Older monk
Dana Ghia … Wandering farmer’s wife
Emilio Delle Piane … James Parker
Enzo Fiermonte … Wandering farmer
Antonio Monselesan … Wild Card Hendricks
as Tony Norton
Harry Carey Jr. … Pa
Franco Ressell … Cafe maitre de
Benito Stefanelli … Stingaree Smith

Also with: Riccardo Pizzuti, Gerard Landry, Jean Louis, Luigi Bonos, Gildo Di Marco, Adriano Micantoni, Gilberto Galimberti, Bruno Boschetti, Vittorio Fanfoni

Runtime: 127 min.

aka:
…Continuavano a chiamarlo Trinità
All the Way Trinity

Music: Guido & Maurizio De Angelis

Memorable lines:

Man in desert, when Trinity pulls his gun while eating their pan of beans: “You ain’t gonna kill us in cold blood, are ya?”
Trinity: “Tell ya frankly, I don’t know. I’m new at this sort of thing. What do ya usually do in a case like this?”

Farmer’s wife, who would-be robber Bambino hands her money instead: “If everyone was as generous …
Bambino: “I know, you’d let yourself be robbed from morning ’til night.”

Wild Card Hendricks, offering to buy Trinity a drink after accusing him of cheating at cards: “When the lead hits you, it will hurt less with a little whiskey in your gut.”
Trinity: “Give the gentleman a double. That way you won’t feel a thing.”

Trinity to Bambino: “Parker gives us $4,000 to close an eye, and the sheriff wants us to stay clear of a bunch of drunken monks. So something stinks here. And it’s worth more than $4,000, don’t you think?”

Trinity to the monks: “If this Lucifer shows up, tell him to go to hell.”

Trinity: “You think one horde (of cutthroats) is enough to scare two federal agents?”

Trivia:

* Terence Hill and Bud Spencer went on to make 11 more films together, but didn’t team up for another Western until 1994’s “Troublemakers” (aka “The Fight Before Christmas”).

* The scene where Trinity and Bambino visit a fancy restaurant — and seem so out of place, even in their new store-bought suits — supposedly wasn’t part of the script and was created on the spot by the stars.

* The next year, Hill and Somer were reunited in another comedy Western, “Man of the East.” Somer, who appeared in 20 films, also had a role in 1974’s “Challenge to White Fang” (1974).

* Harry Carey Jr. racked up more than 120 screen credits before dying in 2012 at age 91. He was a well-known Western character actor in Hollywood but ventured to Italy for a pair of films, this one and 1972’s “Man of the East.”

Bud Spencer as Bambino, taking a rare bath and surprised by a Trinity reunion in Trinity is Still My Name (1971)