The Films of Terence Hill
& Bud Spencer

 

Ace High
    Ace High: (1969) A.k.a. The Four Gunmen of Ave Maria, Revenge at El Paso. Great semi-sequel to God Forgives… I Don't starring Terence Hill, Bud Spencer, Eli Wallach and Kevin McCarthy. Hill & Spencer return to find out who screwed them out of a whole mess of gold with their old friend Bill San Antonio. Unfortunately once they get their stolen loot back, it is promptly stolen by slick-talkin', double dealin' Wallach who leads them on a chase that, unbeknownst to Hill & Spencer, is helping him face-off against his old rivalries. Great H&S western, with some humor, but mostly played straight with Hill as a serious, lethal gunslinger. [B]
 
 
    All the Way Boys: (1973) Great letterboxed print of this Hill n’ Spencer outing in which the boys playing a couple of pilots who crash-land in South America near a mining camp run by an iron-fisted foreman. All they need to do is figure out a way to scrape up the cash to buy a new plane while dealing with the evil owner of the campsite. Some fun stuff including the obligatory slapstick brawls. [B]
 
 
    Big Man - Boomerang: (1988?) One in a series of Italian telefilms originally titled The Professor which was followed by the Extra Large series. Bud Spencer plays Jack Costello aka The Professor, a famous private eye who has been hired by a military weapons maker who has made the ultimate weapon of destruction. Unfortunately someone has stolen it and is attempting to ransom the tracking device for it so that they may assassinate the president. John Steiner also stars. In English with Dutch subtitles. The picture drops out for a few seconds toward the end of the movie, but nothing major. [B]
 
 
    Big Man - A Policy for Hell: (1989) Another installment in Bud Spencer's The Professor series of TV movies. This time The Professor is hired by a German insurance company who has been paying out on some suspicious life insurance policies that have big price tags and some strange clauses in them. Are the deaths really accidents? Probably not, so it's up to the Big Man himself to find out who is arranging the murders. In English with Dutch subs. [B]
 
Blackie the Pirate
   Blackie the Pirate: (1971) Letterboxed print of Terence Hill’s swashbuckling outing in which he plays the dread pirate Blackie, renown for his bloody raids and nefarious doings... But since it is bright-eyed, goofy-grinned Hill, he’s actually a really honorable guy (hmmm, it’s beginning to sound a bit like The Princess Bride isn’t it?). Bud Spencer has a small part as one of Blackie’s competitors, Captain Skull, who wants nothing more than to rid the seas of Blackie. Fun stuff, if a bit dated, with the requisite barroom brawls, fancy swordplay and honest-to-god ship-to-ship warfare. In English with Swedish subtitles. [B]
 
 
   Bomber: (1982) A.k.a. Big Bomber. Good, if straightforward, boxing film starring Bud Spencer as an ex-boxer who left the ring to become a sailor after losing a big match to an obnoxious US Army thug who had his right had broken before the fight. When a boxing promoter (who provides the comic relief for the film) gets Bomber to train a natural, it's time for revenge. Pretty much dramatic fare, but has it's funny moments as well. [B]
 
 
   Boot Hill: (1969) Letterboxed print of this top-notch Terence Hill, Woody Strode and Bud Spencer spag’. A travelling circus stows Hill away while his bullet wounds from a recent gunfight heal. The folks who shot him come lookin’ and Strode (a gunslinger turned acrobat for the circus) dons his guns to help out and join forces with Hill and Spencer to wipe out a ironfisted ruler of a small town that’s rich with gold. Although some worthless reference books and retitlings claim this to be a Trinity comedy, it is definitely not. In English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 

   Buddy Goes West: (1980) Widescreen print of this Bud Spencer western-comedy. Often hilarious outing about a drifting outlaw who is mistaken for a doctor by a small town after his Indian companion steals a bag of surgical tools by accident. When the town comes under fire from a hoard of outlaws he shows what he really can do: bust some heads. Lots of very funny bits including a hilarious eating contest between Buddy and the local sheriff. A lot better than it sounds. [B]
 
Charleston
   Charleston: (1978) Widescreen print of this great Bud Spencer caper flick! Spencer plays a big-time con artist named Charleston who has worked out an elaborate plan to swindle 5 million dollars from a loudmouth American (Dom Delouise) who thinks that he is setting up a scam to take Charleston for a ride. If that weren't enough a Scotland Yard inspector (Herbert Lom doing a riff on his Inspector Dreyfuss character from the Pink Panther series) decides to make a deal with Charleston to get back a painting that he was swindled out of. Lots of plot twists and lots of fun with a great cast. [B]
 

    The Crazy Kids of the War: (1967) Extremely silly WWII comedy starring Terence Hill and pop-star of the day Rita Pavone. Hill plays a stuffy scientist (called The Professor) who is working on advanced explosive materials that the Krauts would love to get their hands on. When the Nazi’s come knockin’ a downed American pilot dressed like a monk and a pop-song prone waitress (Pavone) take the professor on the lam while the Keystone Cop Nazi’s go mad trying to find them. Directed by Steno, this makes Hogan’s Heroes look subtle. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
 

   Don Camillo: (1983) Widescreen print of this Terence Hill directed adaptation of the Don Camillo stories and movies of the '50s and '60s. Hill stars as a parish priest in a small post WWII town who is constantly locking horns with the Communist town mayor (Colin Blakely) who used to be a school-mate. While politics rage back and forth the battles are often waged in cards or the almighty soccer game (them European's sure do love their soccer). Also stars Mimsey Farmer. In English with Greek subtitles. [B]
 
Double Trouble
    Double Trouble: (1984) A.k.a. Not Two But Four. Terence Hill and Bud Spencer double up in this Enzo Barboni (E.B. Clucher) helmed outing. When a couple of poofy mega-millionaire cousins find their lives in danger, they contact an agency to find them a couple of dead ringers to take the heat for 'em. Unfortunately for them, the two low-class goofballs who replace them, not only defend themselves quite well, but have a bad habit of being photographed on their drinking binges, destroying their good name. Fun stuff with Italian genre regular Nello Pazzafini as a hitman named Tango. [B]
 

   Extra Large - Black Magic: (1991) One of a series of Italian TV movies starring Bud Spencer and Phillip Michael Thomas as Private Detective Jack Costello and comic sidekick (respectively) and directed by Enzo G. Castellari. When the pair set off to dig into a case of a missing girl and a bizarre murder the trail gets more and more tangled with the presence of brujaria - black magic. Suddenly they find them selves in the middle of a war between light and dark and the souls of a teenage bimbo and her rich dad are at stake. Thomas shows less acting ability than he did on Miami Vice, but if you are a Bud Spencer fan, you won't want to miss this. Widescreen, in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 
Flatfoot
   Flatfoot: (1973) Fun Bud Spencer satire of cop flicks, that started a quadogy, about Inspector Rizzo, a tough, two-fisted Naples detective who does things his own way and refuses to carry a gun. After getting framed for murder and engaging in a frozen-fish fight, Flatfoot brings down a drug ring. Love the opening bit with the black sniper, apparently suffering from sun-stroke, decides to start shooting "all your little white asses." So that's what sun-stroke does to ya, huh? [B]
 
 
   Flatfoot Goes East: (1975) A.k.a. Flatfoot in Hong Kong. Bud Spencer returns as the tough, two fisted inspector Rizzo in this fun sequel. When Inspector Rizzo is framed as a mob collaborator and suspected of the murder of an alleged underworld boss, it’s up to the Flatfoot to take matters into his own hands and find out who the real traitor is in the police force. His quest to find the black sheep and the break the drug ring takes him to Thailand and Hong Kong and he even meets up with "the little Japanese boy Dayglow" (I don’t know either). Followed by The Knock-Out Cop. Widescreen, in English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 

   Flatfoot in Egypt: (1979) A.k.a. Flatfoot on the Nile. Bud Spencer returns once again as the Flatfoot in this the fourth and final sequel. Inspector Rizzo is hot on the trail of a drug ring and a killer called "The Swede." The pursuit takes him to Arabia, with "the little Zulu boy Bodo" in tow. Fun, lightweight crime flick that is even better than part 2. Also stars a young Robert Loggia as a rich oil tycoon and Dagmar Lassander as his niece. Widescreen, In English with Dutch subtitles. [B]
 
A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe
    A Genius, Two Partners and a Dupe: (1975) A.k.a. The Genius. Fools gold, $300K, guns, dynamite and double-crosses make up the plot of this wildly uneven spaghetti-western comedy with an amazing cast. Terence Hill stars as a drifter who gets wind of a cache of army loot and dupes a friend into helping him pull off the scheme with Patrick MacGoohan and Raimund Harmstorf on the wrong end of the stick! Even Klaus Kinski shows up as a card shark / gunslinger who is shown up by Hill. Letterboxed in it's full "scope" ratio! [B]
 
 
   God Forgives... I Don't: (1967) Excellent Hill n’ Spencer spag’ (reportedly their second teaming) that eschews the usual comic sensibilities of the pair and goes for the straight, if somewhat complicated, betrayal/revenge film. After Hill is duped into believing that he killed his old friend Bill St. Antonio after he betrayed him, his other old compadre (Spencer) informs him that the one man left alive after a train massacre/robbery told him Bill was still alive. Both set out for revenge and the gold from the robbery. Very well done with some great signature scenes and good spag’ atmosphere. [B]
 
 
   Go For It: (1983) Fast-paced, funny E.B. Clucher helmed spy-spoof in which after accidentally running afoul of the law Hill and Spencer get mistaken for CIA couriers and end up in Miami looking for all the world as 007-like super spies with a suitcase full of cash and atomic bombs in their teeth. Lots of slapstick brawls and funny one-liners with tons of secret agent gags make this a damn fine H&S flick. [B]
 

   I'm for the Hippopotamus: (1979) Forget the bizarre title, this Hill & Spencer vehicle is lotsa fun. Hill and Spencer are brothers (well, they have the same mother, anyway) who are at odds on how to make a living in apartheid South Africa. Tom (Spencer) runs a safari outfit while Slim (Hill) tries to sabotage it due to his fondness for wildlife (although he doesn’t know that the safari guns are loaded with blanks). Both join together, grudgingly of course, to rid their province of a sadistic German tyrant who is trying run everyone off their land. Good stuff. Widescreen. [B]
 
The Knock-Out Cop (Flatfoot in Africa)
    The Knock-Out Cop: (1978) A.k.a. Flatfoot in Africa, Inspector Bulldozer. Third film in the fun Bud Spencer Flatfoot series. When Inspector Rizzo discovers a connection between South African diamond mines and the importation of heroin into Naples, he sets out to Johannesburg to get to the source. Hot on the trail of his suspect (the ever present Werner Pochath), he also finds Caputo and "the zulu boy" Bodo. Dagmar Lassander has a bit part as a rich lush who is hot for Rizzo. Followed by Flatfoot in Egypt. In English with Swedish subtitles. [B]
 
 
    Man of the East: (1972) Another great spaghetti western comedy from E. B. Clucher (Enzo Barboni) starring Terence Hill and an assortment of regulars including Steffen Zacharias. Made right after the Trinity is Still My Name, Hill this time plays a British dandy who comes to America after he learns of his fathers death. As it turns out, his pop was a notorious outlaw and owner of a prime piece of land, which the land barons would love to snake out from under junior. With the help of his father’s outlaw buddies, he learns to fight, spit and shoot tin cans. [B]
 
 
   Miami Supercops: (1984) One of a handful of Hill & Spencer’s Miami cop outings (related by setting only). After a bankrobber, that Hill and Spencer once busted as NY cops, gets out of the slam and is murdered, H & S re-team to find the killers and the loot from the robbery that was never recovered. Fun, though more straightforward than the often hilarious Crime Busters, this one features the requisite brawls, car-chases and goofy repartee. [B]
 
 
   My Name is Nobody: (1973) Beautiful, widescreen print of this great Leone spag starring Henry Fonda and Terence Hill. Hill plays a young gunslinger, hired to kill one of the old west's last living legends (Fonda), but when the time comes, he can't do it. He decides to join the old timer in his final blaze of glory and make sure that their exploits live on in the history books. Great stuff and a must see at it's proper aspect ratio. [B]
 
 
   Renegade: (1988) Please no jokes about the cheesy TV show. This is another cool E.B. Clucher / Terence Hill outing starring Hill as a fish out of water who, as a debt to an incarcerated friend, protects a smart-mouthed kid from an evil industrialist (Robert Vaugn) and his henchmen who want to get a hold of a special piece of land. Lots of fun with plenty of the usual slapstick fights and clever comic set-pieces. Widescreen. [B]
 
The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid
    The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid: (1979) Very popular Bud Spencer outing directed by Michele Lupo and co-starring Raimund Harmstorf in his usual role as military bad guy. The sheriff (Spencer) of a small hick town causes quite a stir when the locals mistake him for a space alien, but when weird things start happening for no reason, it does in fact turn out to be the work of an extra terrestrial life form. Who just happens to look like an 8 year old kid, is named H7-25 and takes a shine to the local law. Meanwhile the military want his secrets and it’s up to the Sheriff to save the day. [B]
 
 
   Soldier of Fortune: (1975) A.k.a. Humungous Hector. Pasqual Festa Campinalle's live action, sword n' sandal adaptation of the popular European comic strip Asterix the Gaul. Bud Spencer stars as an Italian mercenary who leads a scruffy bunch though various adventures with his chronicler (Enzo Cannavale - Sgt. Caputo of the Flatfoot series) by his side to take down his heroic deeds. When he comes upon a siege with the snotty, powerful French holding the out-gunned Spanish prisoners in their own city, he naturally decides to take up with the Spaniards and kick some froggie butt! Fun, if very silly, with a good cast of regulars. In English with Swedish (?) subtitles.
 
 
   Sons of Trinity: (1995) A.k.a. Trinity and Bambino. E.B. Clucher directs this (as usual) funny-as-hell spin-off of the popular Trinity series with a couple of young bloods playing the sons of Trinity and Bambino. When Bambino is framed for horse-thievin’, Trinity rescues him from the gallows and they set off to find out who set him up and why. The dialogue is snappy and the fights are funny, just as a good Trinity film should be. Lots of fun in good to very good quality. Hill and Spencer aren’t in the film but we figured this is as good a place as any to put this title.
 
 
   Supersnooper: (1981) A.k.a. Superfuzz. Uncut import version of this highly entertaining Terence Hill cop-comedy. Hill plays a rookie cop in Miami who tries to deliver a ticket to an out of the way home in the swampland. Once there he is accidentally nuked and develops all sorts of superpowers, much to the dismay of his partner Earnest Borgnine. This version has the original title, some extra scenes and a slightly different musical arrangement. [B]
 
They Called Him Bulldozer
    They Called Him Bulldozer: (1978) Another Michele Lupo Bud Spencer outing that is sort of a companion piece to Bomber. Spencer again plays a humble sailor who used to be somebody. This time he was the legendary grid-iron giant Bulldozer, who quit playing football in the middle of a big game to become a fisherman. After the local miscreants are bullied by a US Army sergeant (Raimund Harmstorf), Bulldozer is convinced to coach the misfits and win a big game against the army. [B]
 

   They Call Me Trinity: (1971) A.k.a. My Name is Trinity. Finally! A letterboxed "scope" print of this classic spag satire that catapulted Terence Hill and Bud Spencer into international stardom. I shouldn't have to outline the plot, but for those of you who haven't see it… A lazy, raggedy drifter named Trinity (Hill) rides into a town where his horse-thief brother Bambino (Spencer) is posing as the sheriff after leaving the real one for dead. Bambino grudgingly joins his brother to lay the smack down on an evil land baron who is driving off the settlers. Filled with snappy dialogue and hilarious sight gags this great film is made all the better with it's full screen ratio intact! [B]
 
 
   They Still Call Me Trinity: (1972) A.k.a. Trinity is Still My Name. Great new letterboxed print of this outstanding sequel that is arguably better than the original! This time Bambino grudgingly joins Trinity in taking on some cutthroats posing as monks, hording gold from a robbery. Even more great dialogue (when a monk tells Bambino to "go with God," he replies "thanks, I know the way.") and classic comic set-pieces including a scene where the brothers decide to dine at an expensive French resturant, that was clearly an inspiration for a similar scene in The Blues Brothers, a decade later. [B]
 
Thieves and Robbers
    Thieves and Robbers: (1983) A.k.a. Dog and Cat. Bruno Corbucci's silly Miami crime comedy starring Bud Spencer and Tomas Milian. When a greasy Italian gigolo named Tony Roma (Milian) seduces and rips-off a senator's wife, one Lieutenant Parker (Spencer) is sent to track him down. While escaping from the cops and then escaping from a bedroom, Roma ends up witnessing a mob hit performed by the local Don. Now Parker has to get him back and avoid the mob at the same time. [B]
 
 
   The Troublemakers: (1994) Latest (albeit unofficial) entry in the hilarious Trinity series starring Hill and Spencer, of course. When Trinity and Bambino’s mother (played by Ruth Buzzi, no less) sends for the boys, they get entangled in a plot to save a town from some ruthless gunslingers. Sure they’ve done that plot before, but you’ll be laughing too hard to care. Due to some legal difficulties the names are different, but it’s still definitely a Trinity film, but this time Hill directs.
 
 
   Two Missionaries: (1973) Cool, funny Hill & Spencer outing in which they play a pair of monks (Spencer is really a monk, while Hill is just posing as a monk) who carry weapons and are profiteers engaged in high-seas trading. This is definitely one of their better outings (along with I’m for the Hippopotamus) as they take on a corrupt Spanish governor played by none other than a young(er) Robert Loggia, while trying to avoid getting nabbed by high-ranking members of the church who think they are a disgrace to the cloth. Fast paced and funny, this one is a winner. In English with Swedish (?) subtitles. [B]
 
 
   Viva Django: (1968) Great widescreen print of this straight-up Terence Hill western that has Hill playing Django, now a hangman with a wife and ideas of settling down. While riding out to their new home they are gunned down by a gang of outlaws headed up by George Eastman. Django survives with a passion for vengeance and using recruits that he culled from the hangman's noose, he sets out to right wrongs. Directed by Ferdinando Baldi. [B]
 
Watch Out, We're Mad!
   Watch Out We're Mad!: (1974) Fun (aren’t they all?) Hill n’ Spencer outing about a pair of rival demolition derby drivers who after being in the wrong place at the wrong time decide to go after the mobsters who blew up their brand new dunebuggy. Lots of the usual hijinx and slapstick fights ensue and the ever-present Donald Pleasance turns in a scenery-chewing performance as a German psychologist who coaches the mob boss on how to be more evil. [B]
 
 
   Who Finds a Friend Finds a Treasure: (1981) Sergio Corbucci directs Hill & Spencer this time out in a quest for lost Japanese WWII treasure. Hill plays a losing gambler that decides to swindle some mobsters out of a large chunk of change and loses it on a sure bet. He stows away on a small boat captained by Spencer and directs it to an island where he believes there is hidden WWII treasure. Unfortunately as it turns out the island is far from deserted, with natives, slavers and a nutty Japanese soldier who doesn't know the war is over. [B]
 
 
    Why Did You Pick on Me?: (1980) Michele Lupo and Bud Spencer re-team for a surprisingly good sequel to The Sheriff and the Satellite Kid. Picking up right where the first one left off, the now-ex-sheriff (Spencer) and H7-25 are on the run from the military. When a roughneck town is looking for a sheriff, you know who is gonna fit the bill. While taking the town under his wing, he finds out a group of evil aliens are sending robots after H7-25 and taking control of the townsfolk. [B]