First showing on network television of a colourful comedy from John Landis, the director of The Blues Brothers and with the stars of Roxanne, Fletch and Inner Space, Steve Martin, Chevy Chase, Martin Short.
On screen, silent stars Dusty Bottoms, Lucky Day and Ned Nederlander are fearless heroes, but in real life they're bumbling bozos. When hired to appear in a Mexican village they come up against real bad guys, bandits and bullets.
Watch out for singer Randy Newman as Singing Bush.
Barry Norman: page 26
Picture story: page 42
(Teletext subtitles: page 888)