Editing They Call Me Trinity (section)

==Release==
''They Call Me Trinity'' was released in Italy just before Christmas 1970.{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=232}}{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=238}} It proved very popular abroad, such as in Spain, where it outgrossed all previous Italian Westerns, save for ''[[For a Few Dollars More]]''.{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=238}} The film further proved foundational for future German dubs of Hill and Spencer films: the main dialogue was rewritten to be more humorous, with initially silent areas of the original film receiving additional dialogue from characters with their back to the camera. The film was released in the United States and United Kingdom in 1971.{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=238}} As of 2004, ''They Call Me Trinity'' was the 22nd most successful Italian film, one position below ''[[The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly]]''.{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=239}}

===Critical reception===
[[Howard Thompson (film critic)|Howard Thompson]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' praised the film's sense of humour, as did [[Roger Ebert]], who gave the film two-and-a-half out of four stars.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C00E4D71E3EE63BBC4952DFB3668389669EDE|title=The Screen:'They Call Me Trinity' Relies on Humor|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=May 11, 1972|author=Howard Thompson|author-link=Howard Thompson (film critic)|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/they-call-me-trinity-1971|title=They Call Me Trinity Movie Review (1971)|author=Roger Ebert|author-link=Roger Ebert|website=RogerEbert.com|date=November 25, 1971|access-date=November 21, 2017}}</ref> In a review published by ''[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]'', the film is called "first and best in the ''Trinity'' series of spaghetti Westerns, rare in that it is successful in combining laughter and some degree of interest in the action".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/they-call-me-trinity|title=They Call Me Trinity|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|date=10 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171122183636/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/they-call-me-trinity|archive-date=November 22, 2017|access-date=November 22, 2017}}</ref> In his book ''Once Upon a Time in the Italian West: The Filmgoers' Guide to Spaghetti Westerns'', author Howard Hughes writes "''They Call Me Trinity'' is Hill and Spencer's finest vehicle".{{sfn|Hughes|2004|p=239}}