Adiós Amigo

Adiós Amigo (1976) is an American comedy-Western starring Fred Williamson and Richard Pryor. The film was also written, produced and directed by Williamson, his second directorial outing after Mean Johnny Barrows.

The idea for the project came from Pryor's initial frustration of being rejected from starring in Mel Brooks's Blazing Saddles after collaborating with him on the screenplay, and Williamson's dislike of the finished film, which he considered silly. The goal was to make a comedy that would still be realistic to its Western setting, and which would allow Pryor to work without restraint. The initial script was only 12 pages, with Williamson encouraging Pryor to ad-lib scenarios in a suggested scene. Principal photography took only nine days.