Blazing Saddles (1974)
Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
- Released
- 1974-02-07
- Genres
- Western, Comedy
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Andrew Bergman, Norman Steinberg, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor
- TMDB rating
- 7.2/10 from 2195 votes
Cast
- Cleavon Little as Bart
- Gene Wilder as Jim
- Slim Pickens as Taggart
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp
- Mel Brooks as William Le Petomane / Indian Chief
- Burton Gilliam as Lyle
- Alex Karras as Mongo
- David Huddleston as Olson Johnson
- Liam Dunn as Rev. Johnson
- John Hillerman as Howard Johnson
- George Furth as Van Johnson
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