Blazing Saddles

Blazing Saddles (1974)

...or never give a saga an even break!

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.

Date of release
1974-02-07
TMDB
7.2 / 10 (2181)
Runtime
1h 33m
Genres
Western, Comedy
Director
Mel Brooks

Casting

  • Cleavon Little — Bart
  • Gene Wilder — Jim
  • Slim Pickens — Taggart
  • Harvey Korman — Hedley Lamarr
  • Madeline Kahn — Lili Von Shtupp
  • Mel Brooks — William Le Petomane / Indian Chief
  • Burton Gilliam — Lyle
  • Alex Karras — Mongo
  • David Huddleston — Olson Johnson
  • Liam Dunn — Rev. Johnson
  • John Hillerman — Howard Johnson
  • George Furth — Van Johnson

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