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¡Three Amigos! (1986)

★ 6.3 · 1,142 ratings on TMDB

They're down on their luck and up to their necks in señoritas, margaritas, banditos and bullets!

¡Three Amigos! poster★ 6.3

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.

DirectorJohn Landis
CastAbel Franco, Alfonso Arau, Chevy Chase, Fred Asparagus, Jorge Cervera Jr., Kai Wulff
GenresAction, Comedy, Western
The emergence reading

¡Three Amigos! keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder, compressing identity, heroism, performance, community.

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Same people

Shared director or cast.

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