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Feb 7, 1974 · A black sheriff (Cleavon Little) is appointed by a corrupt politician (Harvey Korman) to ruin a western town, but he becomes its savior with the help of a drunken gunslinger (Gene Wilder). IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this Mel Brooks classic.
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- Comedy, Western
- Mel Brooks
- 1974-02-07
Blazing Saddles is a 1974 American satirical postmodernist Western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who co-wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg and Alan Uger, based on a story treatment by Bergman. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder.
Find out who starred in and worked behind the scenes of the classic comedy film Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks and written by Brooks, Bergman, Pryor and others. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, composers and more on IMDb.
A black railroad worker becomes the sheriff of a western town threatened by a corrupt politician and his henchmen. He teams up with a drunken gunslinger and a strong but slow-witted sidekick to save the town from destruction.
A hilarious spoof of Westerns by Mel Brooks, starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. Read critics' reviews, watch the trailer, and find out where to stream or buy the movie.
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- Mel Brooks
- R
- Cleavon Little
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Blazing Saddles. A governor grants clemency to a Black convict on the condition that he serve as sheriff of a frontier Western town in writer/director Mel Brooks' epic black comedy romp that takes on racism and the wild Wild West. 22,713 IMDb 7.7 1 h 32 min 1974. X-Ray R. Comedy · Western · Tense · Visceral. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie.
A comedy Western with Cleavon Little as a black sheriff and Gene Wilder as his deputy, facing land speculators and racists. Ebert praises Brooks' excess, vulgarity and Hollywood fantasy in this \"audience picture\".
