Editing Terence Hill (section)

===Partnership with Bud Spencer===
{{See also|Terence Hill and Bud Spencer}}
[[File:Preparati la bara! Terence Hill.png|thumb|Hill in ''[[Django, Prepare a Coffin]]'' (1968)]]
Girotti then appeared alongside [[Bud Spencer]] (then known as Carlo Pedersoli) in [[Giuseppe Colizzi]]'s spaghetti Western ''[[God Forgives... I Don't!]]'' (1967). (Although Girotti appeared in the same movie as Pedersoli in ''[[Annibale (film)|Hannibal]]'' in 1959, they did not meet during filming.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This & That {{!}} Terence Hill Official Website |url=https://en.terencehill.com/index.php?sel=thisandthat&sub=qa |access-date=2024-07-26|website=en.terencehill.com}}</ref>) At the time, cast and crew in Westerns frequently adopted American names to give the film a better chance of selling in non-Italian speaking countries; Girotti changed his name to "Terence Hill". He picked the name from a list of 20 he was given, the story about using his wife's name was a publicity idea.<ref>{{Cite web |title=This & That {{!}} Terence Hill Official Website |url=https://en.terencehill.com/index.php?sel=thisandthat&sub=qa |access-date=2023-09-11 |website=en.terencehill.com}}</ref> The film was a huge hit – the most popular film of the year in Italy – and established him as a star.
[[File:Lo chiamavano Trinità.png|thumb|Terence Hill (right) with Bud Spencer in ''[[They Call Me Trinity]]'' (1970)]]

Hill followed it with a ''[[musicarello]]'', ''[[The Crazy Kids of the War]]'' (1967) with [[Rita Pavone]], then did a Western, ''[[Django, Prepare a Coffin]]'' (1968) for director [[Ferdinando Baldi]], a sequel to ''[[Django (1966 film)|Django]]'' (1966) with Hill playing the role done by [[Franco Nero]] in the original; it co-starred [[Horst Frank]] and [[George Eastman (actor)|George Eastman]] (and would be featured, much later, at the 64th [[Venice Film Festival]], in 2007).<ref name="Naldi07">Paola Naldi (2007). "Il nuovo cinema cerca gloria," at ''[[La Repubblica]] [Bologna]''. 29 August 2007. [http://bologna.repubblica.it/dettaglio/il-nuovo-cinema-cerca-gloria/1358796 bologna.repubblica.it] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141226014053/http://bologna.repubblica.it/dettaglio/il-nuovo-cinema-cerca-gloria/1358796 |date=26 December 2014 }}. Retrieved 11 May 2015. Quote: "Per il resto l´istituzione diretta da Gianluca Farinelli, impegnatissima a Bologna con la rassegna dedicata a Chaplin, sarà presente alla manifestazione semplicemente come prestatrice (attività che svolge tutto l´anno) facendo arrivare sul grande schermo veneziano due pellicole per la rassegna "Western all´Italiana": «Preparati la abara», girato nel 1968 da Ferdinando Baldi, con Terence Hill, Horst Frank, George Eastman, José Torres; «I sette del Texas», anno 1964, di Joaquin Luis Romero Marchent."</ref>

Hill was a leading man in a musical Western ''[[Crazy Westerners]]'' (1968), again with Rita Pavone, then was reunited with Spencer in ''[[Ace High (1968 film)|Ace High]]'' (1968), a sequel to ''God Forgives'' with a cast including several American actors such as [[Eli Wallach]]. Hill did ''[[The Tough and the Mighty]]'' (1968), a biopic of [[Graziano Mesina]], then a second sequel to ''God Forgives'', ''[[Boot Hill (film)|Boot Hill]]'' (1969), co-starring Spencer and [[Woody Strode]].<ref name="march" />

Hill did ''[[The Wind's Fierce]]'' (1970) then had a huge hit with Spencer with the comedy Western ''[[They Call Me Trinity]]'' (1971). Hill did a swashbuckler, ''[[Blackie the Pirate]]'' (1971), in which Spencer had a small role; they reteamed properly for a ''Trinity'' sequel, ''[[Trinity Is Still My Name]]'' (1972). It was even more popular than the original and had a successful release in the USA.<ref name="first"/>

Hill did a modern-day crime drama ''[[The Hassled Hooker]]'' (1972) and a comedy Western without Spencer, ''[[Man of the East]]'' (1972). He and Spencer did ''[[... All the Way, Boys!]]'' (1972), their first non-Western though it was still a comic adventure film.