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Blazing Saddles

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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 year
1974
Released
Feb 7, 1974
Country
United States
Genres
Western · Comedy
Directed by
Mel Brooks
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) · David Huddleston (Olson Johnson) · Liam Dunn (Rev. Johnson)

Consumption history1

  1. Completed

    Netflix viewing. [netflix-1002cc98f7388c1ce8677266]

External identifiers
tmdb
11072
letterboxd
1UHQ