Three Amigos

Comedy, Western

Chevy Chase	Dusty Bottoms
Steve Martin	Lucky Day
Martin Short	Ned Nederlander
Patrice Martinez	Carmen
Philip Gordon	Rodrigo
Michael Wren	Cowboy
Fred Asparagus	Bartender
Gene Hartline	Silent Movie Bandito
William B. Kaplan	Silent Movie Bandito
Sophia Lamour	Silent Movie Senorita
Alfonso Arau	El Guapo
Joe Mantegna	Harry Flugleman
Tony Plana	Jefe
Norbert Weisser	German's Friend
Josh Gallegos	Bar Patron

Director	John Landis
Producer	Lorne Michaels; Leslie Belzberg
Writer	Lorne Michaels; Steve Martin
Cinematography	Ronald W. Browne
Musician	Elmer Bernstein

The year is 1916, and pretentious western actors Dusty Bottoms (Chevy Chase), Lucky Day (Steve Martin), and Ned Nederlander (Martin Short) have just lost their acting positions. At roughly the same time, naive Mexican villagers, believing them to be actual gunslingers, seek their assistance to deal with a band of ruffians plaguing the village. Mistaking the plea for a job offer, the three accept with great bravado. When they arrive at the village, they are greeted warmly and give rousing speeches to the inhabitants. They learn of the leader of the bandit gang, a man named El Guapo, who they assume is an actor. However, during a confrontation with him and his men, they learn that what they had thought was merely acting is in fact deadly real. In order to save the village, the three must attempt to become the actual heroes which they had previously only portrayed.