Blazing Saddles (1974)
...or never give a saga an even break!
93 min
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.
- Release date
- February 7, 1974
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Box office
- $119,500,000
Trailer
Cast
- Cleavon Little as Bart
- Gene Wilder as Jim
- Slim Pickens as Taggart
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtüpp
- Mel Brooks as Governor Lepetomane
- Mel Brooks as Indian Chief
- Burton Gilliam as Lyle
- Alex Karras as Mongo
- David Huddleston as Olson Johnson
- Liam Dunn as Rev. Johnson
Crew
- Mel Brooks · Director
- Mel Brooks · Writer
- Norman Steinberg · Writer
- Andrew Bergman · Writer
- Richard Pryor · Writer
- Michael Hertzberg · Producer
- John Morris · Composer
- Joseph F. Biroc · Cinematographer
- Danford B. Greene · Editor
- John C. Howard · Editor
- Nessa Hyams · Casting director
- Peter Wooley · Production designer