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
Martin Dibble before the search is completed. Ahead of the pilot's airing, Lucy Clark of "The Sun-Herald" described Martin and Lance as "Two surfie blokes who are thick as two short planks". Martin and Lance were branded the "thickest characters ever to grace soapland" by a columnist from the "Daily Record". Robyn Harvey from "The Sydney Morning Herald" opined that Martin was just "a big dag". A columnist from "Inside Soap" said that when Martin spent time with Vinnie Patterson (Ryan Kwanten) they were "a match made in dodgy business hell". Another writer from the publication branded Martin "the bay's original wheeler