Blazing Saddles

Theatrical - Wide 1974-02-07

Cast Gene Wilder Mel Brooks Harvey Korman Madeline Kahn Dom DeLuise Slim Pickens
Directed by Mel Brooks
Written by Mel Brooks Norman Steinberg Andrew Bergman Richard Pryor Alan Uger

Genres: Comedy

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The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town... See more unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

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