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Blazing Saddles

...or never give a saga an even break!
Feb 7, 1974 · 1h 33m
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Western
Comedy

PLOT

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.

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CAST

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
Directed by Mel Brooks

DETAILS

Status
Released
Original language
EN
Budget
$2,600,000
Revenue
$119,500,000
Production
Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
Country
US

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