Continuity mistake: In one scene, Steve Martin is shot in the arm and bleeds, but when the trio return after the riot the wound has disappeared.
Three Amigos (1986)
Plot summary
Directed by: John Landis
Starring: Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short, Alfonso Arau
Three actors get fired by their production company for asking to be paid. A young woman from a small village called Santa Polco sees one of their movies and thinks they are real heroes so she sends them a vague telegram in hopes of getting them to come to Santa Polco and ward off the infamous El Guapo, who has been torturing their town and stealing their booze. The amigos go to Santa Polco expecting to put on a show, but instead find out it's real, decide they do want to be real heroes, and later help the town stop El Guapo and his men from ever torchuring them again.
More mistakes in Three Amigos
Mexican girl: Which one do you like?
Carmen: I like the one that's not so smart.
Mexican girl: Which one is that?
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