Blazing Saddles

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(1,797 votes)

A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.

Country:

United States of America

Genre:

Western,

Comedy

Duration:

93 minutes

Year:

1974

Director:

Mel Brooks

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Company:

Crossbow Productions,

Warner Bros. Pictures

Budget:

$2,600,000

Revenue:

$119,500,000

Cast:
Cleavon Little

Bart

Gene Wilder

Jim

Slim Pickens

Taggart

Harvey Korman

Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn

Lili Von Shtupp

Crew:
Mel Brooks

Director

Michael Hertzberg

Producer

Andrew Bergman

Screenplay

Joseph F. Biroc

Director of Photography

Danford B. Greene

Editor