They Call Me Trinity (1970) on Netflix
Trinity is a gunfighter with an unnaturally fast draw. He finds the local sheriff, Bambino, is his brother, and Major Harriman wants a valley of Mormon farmers for his horses.
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Trinity is a lazy gunfighter whose draw is unnaturally fast. His horse drags him on a travois to a way station, where he takes an injured Mexican prisoner away from two bounty hunters. In the next town, the sheriff guns down three of Major Harriman's men. The sheriff is Bambino, Trinity's brother, an escaped robber who took the badge while he waits for his own gang. Major Harriman wants the valley that pacifist Mormon farmers work, so his unbranded horses can graze there. Trinity, taken with two Mormon sisters, wants the settlers left in peace, and the brothers agree to a temporary partnership against Harriman.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about They Call Me Trinity (1970)
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- Terence Hill said he fasted for 24 hours so the film's famous beans-eating scene could be shot in a single take.
- When They Call Me Trinity was announced, Peter Martell was set to play Trinity and George Eastman to play Bambino; the parts went to Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, then a popular comic duo.
- Enzo Barboni's original screenplay featured only Trinity; producer Italo Zingarelli suggested adding a brother, which became Bud Spencer's Bambino.
- The film's title song "Trinity: Titoli", written by Franco Micalizzi and Lally Stott and sung by Annibale Giannarelli, later became the closing theme of Quentin Tarantino's 2012 Western Django Unchained.
- The film shaped later German dubs of Terence Hill and Bud Spencer movies: the dialogue was rewritten to be funnier, and silent stretches of the original got new lines for characters facing away from the camera.
