Three Amigos Three Amigos Three Amigos is a 1986 American western comedy film directed by John Landis and written by Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, and Randy Newman. Martin, Chevy Chase, and Martin Short star as the title characters, three silent film stars who are mistaken for real heroes by the suffering people of a small Mexican village and must find a way to live up to their reputation. In 1916, the bandit El Guapo and his gang are collecting protection money from the Mexican village of Santo Poco. Carmen, daughter of the village leader, searches for someone who can come to the
Three Amigos prompting Carmen's search for help. Extended sequences of the Three Amigos at the studio mansion and backlot lead into another deleted subplot involving an up-and-coming rival actress at the studio, Miss Rene (Fran Drescher). A deleted scene featuring Sam Kinison as a mountain man was lost, as were most of Drescher's other scenes. Elmer Bernstein wrote the score for "Three Amigos" and Randy Newman wrote the songs. With an estimated budget of $25 million, "Three Amigos" had a domestic gross of $39,246,734. "Three Amigos" received generally mixed reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reports that 46% of 35 film