''The Wind's Fierce'' ( es, La cólera del viento, it, La collera del vento, also known as ''Revenge of Trinity'', ''Trinity Sees Red'' and ''The Wind's Anger'') is a 1970 Spanish-Italian western-drama film written and directed by Mario Camus.

Plot

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, the late nineteenth century. Wealthy landowner Don Antonio hires two assassins, Marcos and Jacobo, to infiltrate a group of peasant revolutionaries and kill the leaders. After falling in love with the rebel Soledad, Marcos has a change of heart and decides to unite with the peasants.

Cast

Terence Hill Terence Hill (born Mario Girotti; 29 March 1939) is an Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He began his career as a child actor and gained international fame for starring roles in action and comedy films, many with longtim ...

as Marcos *

Maria Grazia Buccella Maria Grazia Buccella (born August 15, 1940) is an Italian glamour model and film actress, who was Miss Italy 1959. Career Buccella won the Miss Trento, Miss Venice, and Miss Italy beauty pageants, and placed third in the Miss Europe 1959 com ...

as Soledad *

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as Jacobo *

Máximo Valverde Máximo Valverde (born 16 November 1944) is a Spanish actor. He appeared in more than sixty films since 1968. Selected filmography * 1970: '' The Wind's Fierce'' * 1971: '' Una chica casi decente'' * 1971: ''The Rebellious Novice'' * 1971: '' Spa ...

as Ramón * Fernando Rey as Don Antonio *

Ángel Lombarte Ángel Lombarte is a Spanish actor. He appeared in ''La piel quemada'', ''The Blood Spattered Bride'' (1972), starring Simón Andreu, Maribel Martin, Alexandra Bastedo and Dean Selmier; '' La collera del vento'' (1970), starring Maria Grazia Bu ...

as José * William Layton as Don Lucas * Manuel Alexandre as Agustín * Manuel de Blas as Rafael

Reception

Although set in

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, this film is often classified as a spaghetti-western due to themes, scenes and settings deliberately evocative of the western genre.

gives a dramatic performance in his last film before attaining international stardom with '' They Call Me Trinity''. After the success of that movie, ''The Wind's Fierce'' was re-released in many countries as a "Trinity" sequel and misleadingly marketed as a comedy.

References

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* 1970 films 1970 Western (genre) films Italian Western (genre) films Spanish Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Films directed by Mario Camus 1970s Italian films {{1970s-drama-film-stub