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¡Three Amigos!
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
1986 · Directed by John Landis · 103 min · Comedy · Western · Action · 9 frames
Tagline
They're down on their luck and up to their necks in señoritas, margaritas, banditos and bullets!
Crew
- Screenplay: Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, Randy Newman
- Cinematography: Ronald W. Browne
- Edited by: Malcolm Campbell
- Music: Elmer Bernstein
- Production design: Richard Sawyer
- Produced by: Lorne Michaels, George Folsey Jr.
Cast
- Chevy Chase as Dusty Bottoms
- Steve Martin as Lucky Day
- Martin Short as Ned Nederlander
- Alfonso Arau as El Guapo
- Tony Plana as Jefe
- Patrice Martinez as Carmen
- Jorge Cervera Jr. as Bandito #1
- Kai Wulff as German
- Abel Franco as Papa Sanchez
- Fred Asparagus as Bartender
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English, Spanish
- Studios: L.A. Films, HBO Films, Orion Pictures
- Budget: $25,000,000
- Box office: $39,200,000
- Themes: hero, mexico, village, usa–mexico border, confusion, spoof, western hero, western band, playful, ridiculous
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