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Blazing Saddles

1974 • 1h33m Western, Comedy

Rating

7.2/10

Popularity

5

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.

Details

Director

Mel Brooks

Screenplay

Richard Pryor

Mel Brooks

Norman Steinberg

Cast

Cleavon Little

Gene Wilder

Slim Pickens

Release date

2/7/1974

Status

Released

Budget

$2,600,000

Revenue

$119,500,000

Origin country

US

Vote count

2043