Fails the Bechdel test
¡Three Amigos!
1986. Directed by John Landis, written by Steve Martin and Lorne Michaels and Randy Newman.
The Bechdel test
Bechdel score
2 / 3
Fails
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Yes
1. At least two women
8 women characters. 4 of them speak. -
Yes
2. Who talk to each other
Women do talk to each other. -
No
3. About something besides a man
Every conversation between women that our parser found mentions a man.
Second opinion
Agree bechdeltest.com readers give it 2 out of 3.
The film
Three out-of-work silent-movie actors are accidentally drawn to a Mexican village that is being harassed by a gang of outlaws. The three--'Ned Nederlander', 'Lucky Day', and 'Dusty Bottoms'--play 'Lone Ranger' types in their movies, but must play their parts for real now.
- Released
- 12 Dec 1986
- Genres
- Comedy, Western
- Rated
- PG
- IMDb
- 6.5 / 10
- Metascore
- 52 / 100
- Elsewhere
- View on IMDb
Starring, by lines spoken
- Women
- Men
- Not in the cast list
- Bigger name, more lines
- Lucky 206 lines, man
- Ned 161 lines, man
- Lester 157 lines, man
- El Guapo 93 lines, man
- Jefe 52 lines, man
- Carmen 44 lines, woman
- Rodrigo 30 lines, man
- Flugleman 27 lines, man
- Frenchman 17 lines, man
- Morty 15 lines, man
Full cast, 37 people
- Chevy Chase as Dusty Bottoms
- Steve Martin as Lucky Day
- Martin Short as Ned Nederlander
- Alfonso Arau as El Guapo
- Tony Plana as Jefe
- Patrice Martinez as Carmen
- Jorge Cervera Jr. as Bandito #1
- Kai Wulff as German
- Abel Franco as Papa Sanchez
- Fred Asparagus as Bartender
- Jon Lovitz as Morty
- Joe Mantegna as Harry Flugleman
- Philip Gordon as Rodrigo
- Michael Wren as Cowboy
- Gene Hartline as Silent Movie Bandito
- William B. Kaplan as Silent Movie Bandito
- Sophia Lamour as Silent Movie Senorita
- Santos Morales as Telegrapher
- Phil Hartman as Sam
- Tino Insana as Studio Guard
- Craig Berenson as Telegram Delivery Boy
- Joshua Gallegos as Bar Patron (as Josh Gallegos)
- Norbert Weisser as German's Friend
- Brian Thompson as German's Other Friend
- Hector Elias as Pedro
- Hector Morales as Carlos
- Betty Carvalho as Mama Sanchez
- Benita Andre as Rosita
- Dyana Ortelli as Juanita
- Humberto Ortiz as Pablo
- Candy Castillo as Bandito #2
- Jeff O'Haco as Bandito #3
- Loyda Ramos as Conchita
- Carl La Fong as Tortoise
- Randy Newman as Singing Bush (voice)
- Rebecca Ferratti as Hot Señorita
- Brinke Stevens as Silent Movie Actress (uncredited)
Who talks, scene by scene
Lines of dialogue in every 3 scenes, start to finish. Women above the line, men below. 9% of lines come from characters we couldn't match to the cast list and aren't shown.
Women
Men
Scene 1 Scene 126
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Show the numbers
| Scenes | Women's lines | Men's lines |
|---|---|---|
| 1 to 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 to 6 | 0 | 15 |
| 7 to 9 | 3 | 8 |
| 10 to 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 to 15 | 11 | 10 |
| 16 to 18 | 2 | 32 |
| 19 to 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 22 to 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 to 27 | 0 | 23 |
| 28 to 30 | 0 | 85 |
| 31 to 33 | 3 | 30 |
| 34 to 36 | 0 | 37 |
| 37 to 39 | 2 | 8 |
| 40 to 42 | 0 | 12 |
| 43 to 45 | 0 | 11 |
| 46 to 48 | 0 | 62 |
| 49 to 51 | 5 | 7 |
| 52 to 54 | 1 | 17 |
| 55 to 57 | 0 | 11 |
| 58 to 60 | 3 | 3 |
| 61 to 63 | 5 | 5 |
| 64 to 66 | 1 | 8 |
| 67 to 69 | 0 | 4 |
| 70 to 72 | 1 | 22 |
| 73 to 75 | 5 | 14 |
| 76 to 78 | 1 | 43 |
| 79 to 81 | 0 | 22 |
| 82 to 84 | 5 | 38 |
| 85 to 87 | 2 | 68 |
| 88 to 90 | 0 | 21 |
| 91 to 93 | 0 | 49 |
| 94 to 96 | 0 | 10 |
| 97 to 99 | 2 | 12 |
| 100 to 102 | 0 | 0 |
| 103 to 105 | 0 | 15 |
| 106 to 108 | 0 | 36 |
| 109 to 111 | 0 | 3 |
| 112 to 114 | 2 | 6 |
| 115 to 117 | 0 | 17 |
| 118 to 120 | 1 | 26 |
| 121 to 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 124 to 126 | 2 | 33 |
The evidence
- Straight from the script
- Counted from the script and the credits
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Exhibit A: every 100 lines
Out of every 100 lines with a known speaker, 6 are women's.
58 lines from women, 841 from men.
- Women
- Men
Exhibit B: who's in it
8 women and 26 men in the cast. 4 women and 20 men from it get lines.
Characters
With lines
- Women
- Men
Exhibit C: who gets heard
The first woman speaks at line 17 of 992.
The longest stretch with no woman speaking runs 175 lines.
Every line of dialogue, first to last
- First line by a woman
- Longest stretch with no woman speaking
Words spoken
Women speak 6% of the words (635), men 94% (10,453).
Exhibit D: the test the other way
Two named men talk to each other about something besides a woman. It passes the reverse test.
Conversations between two named characters
Two women
1
Two men
92
Exhibit E: behind the camera
None of the 10 people in these jobs are women.
Across the whole crew, 14% of the people whose gender is listed are women.
- Directed by
- John Landis (man)
- Written by
- Steve Martin (man), Randy Newman (man), Lorne Michaels (man)
- Produced by
- Lorne Michaels (man), George Folsey Jr. (man)
- Shot by
- Ronald W. Browne (man)
- Edited by
- Malcolm Campbell (man)
- Music by
- Elmer Bernstein (man)
- Production design by
- Richard Sawyer (gender not listed)
The crew, department by department
-
Other crew
4 women, 25 men, 8 not listed
-
Sound
0 women, 15 men, 5 not listed
-
Costume & Make-Up
3 women, 2 men, 4 not listed
-
Art
0 women, 2 men, 5 not listed
-
Directing
0 women, 4 men, 2 not listed
-
Production
2 women, 3 men
-
Visual Effects
0 women, 0 men, 3 not listed
-
Writing
0 women, 3 men
- Women
- Men
- Gender not listed on TMDB
Exhibit F: how old the stars were
Women: 23 on average. Men: 43 on average.
The top-billed cast, at the film's release.
Women
Patrice Martinez 23
Men
Tony Plana 34, Martin Short 36, Kai Wulff 36, Fred Asparagus 39, Steve Martin 41, Chevy Chase 43, Jorge Cervera Jr. 43, Alfonso Arau 54, Abel Franco 64
Exhibit G: the money
It made 1.6 times what it cost.
- Budget
- $25 million
- Box office
- $39.2 million
From TMDB, not adjusted for inflation.
About this analysis
Our parser read the script: 126 scenes and 992 lines of dialogue. The bechdeltest.com rating comes from that site’s readers. How the test works
