Lucky frees himself, but Dusty and Ned are discovered and held hostage. The Amigos fling themselves over the wall to infiltrate the hideout with mixed results: Lucky is immediately captured and chained in a dungeon, Dusty crashes into Carmen's room, and Ned ends up suspended from a piƱata. El Guapo's 40th birthday party is being prepared and he plans to bed Carmen that night. They spot a plane and follow it it is flown by the German, who has brought a shipment of rifles for the gang. Ned persuades Lucky and Dusty to go after El Guapo as they have nothing worth going back to in America and this is their chance to be real heroes. El Guapo allows the Amigos to live, then lets his men loot the village and kidnaps Carmen. After Lucky is shot, they realize they are confronting real bandits and beg for mercy. The next morning, El Guapo and his gang come to Santa Poco and call them out, but they think it's another show. The village throws a victory party for the Amigos. In reality, the men inform El Guapo of what has happened and he decides to return the next day to kill the Amigos. The bandits ride off, making the villagers think they have defeated the enemy. The next morning, when three of El Guapo's men raid the village, the Amigos do a Hollywood-style stunt show that leaves the men bemused. Relieved, Carmen picks up the Amigos and takes them to the village, where they are pampered in the best house in town. The German's real associates arrive at the cantina, proving themselves lethal with their pistols when everybody laughs at them. The Amigos perform "My Little Buttercup" at the cantina, confusing the locals. Stopping at a cantina near Santa Poco, they are mistaken for associates of a German pilot who is a fast draw and arrived in town shortly before, also in search of El Guapo. The Amigos break into the studio to retrieve their costumes and head for Mexico. They soon receive Carmen's telegram, misinterpreting it as a job offer to perform a show in Santa Poco. He has them evicted from the studio mansion, banned from his lot, and the clothes they borrowed from wardrobe repossessed. Lucky Day, Dusty Bottoms, and Ned Nederlander, the actors who portray the Amigos, demand a salary increase for their next project and are fired by their boss Harry Flugelman. Believing them to be real heroes, Carmen sends a telegram asking them to come and stop El Guapo. Visiting a village church, she sees a silent film featuring The Three Amigos, a trio of gunfighters who protect the vulnerable from villains. Carmen, daughter of the village leader, searches for someone who can rescue her townspeople. In 1916, the bandit El Guapo and his gang collect protection money from the Mexican village of Santa Poco. The actors must find a way to live up to their reputation and stop a malevolent group of bandits. It is the story of three American silent film stars who are mistaken for real heroes by the suffering people of a small Mexican village. Three Amigos is a 1986 American Western comedy film directed by John Landis, written by Lorne Michaels, Steve Martin, and Randy Newman (who also wrote the film's songs), and starring Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau, Tony Plana, and Patrice Martinez.
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