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Feb 7, 1974 · A black sheriff is appointed to a racist town to ruin it for a railroad project. 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 [4] [5] 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. [6] The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. [7]
- February 7, 1974
- Michael Hertzberg
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 list of the full cast and crew of the 1974 comedy film Blazing Saddles, directed by Mel Brooks and starring Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, and Cleavon Little. See the names, roles, and photos of the actors, writers, producers, and other crew members who worked on the film.
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. 22,618 IMDb 7.7 1 h 32 min 1974. X-Ray R. Comedy · Western · Tense · Visceral. Available to rent or buy. Rent movie.
- 92 min
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A 1974 film directed by Mel Brooks and starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder as a black sheriff and a drunk gunfighter in a racist town. The film parodies Westerns with vulgar humor, satire, and social commentary, and has an 89% critics rating and a 91% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes.
Ribald, tasteless and hilarious ... this classic spoof of the Western genre by director Mel Brooks pokes fun at everyone and everything. A corrupt governor g...
