Blazing Saddles

Name: Blazing Saddles
Director: Mel Brooks
Genre: Western, Comedy
Released: 1974-02-07
Duration: 93 min
Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn

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1974 · 93 min · R · Western · Comedy · TMDB 7.2/10

Overview

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.

Directed by Mel Brooks

Cast

Cleavon Little — Bart
Gene Wilder — Jim
Slim Pickens — Taggart
Harvey Korman — Hedley Lamarr
Madeline Kahn — Lili Von Shtupp