Blazing Saddles

On the American frontier of 1874, a new railroad under construction will have to be rerouted through the town of Rock Ridge in order to avoid quicksand. Realizing this will make Rock Ridge worth millions, conniving territorial attorney general Hedley Lamarr wants to force Rock Ridge's residents to abandon their town, and sends a gang of thugs, led by his flunky Taggart, to shoot the sheriff and trash the town. The townspeople demand that Governor William J. Le Petomane appoint a new sheriff to protect them. Lamarr persuades dim-witted Le Petomane to appoint Bart, a black railroad worker about to be executed for assaulting Taggart. A black sheriff, Lamarr reasons, will offend the townspeople, create chaos, and leave Rock Ridge at his mercy.

MPAA Rating:R
Genre:Comedy, Western
Country:United States
Produced By:Michael Hertzberg
Directed By:Mel Brooks
Written By:Richard Pryor, Alan Uger, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks
Cast:Eldon Burke, Jerry Trent, Liam Dunn, Tom Anfinsen, Darrell Sandeen, Charles McGregor, Al Ward, Dick Crockett, Tom Pittman, Richard LaMarr, David Cadiente, Nick Borgani, Beans Morocco, George Dockstader, Chuck Hayward, Rodney Allen Rippy, John Furlong, Rosemary Johnston, John Alderson, Wally Rose, Ralph Manza, Richard Collier, Donald Chaffin, Robyn Hilton, Patrick Labyorteaux, Hal Needham, Eddie Smith, M.J. Kane, Alex Karras, Alphonso DuBois, Seamon Glass, Robert Ridgely, Rod McGaughy, Alex Brown, Patrick Campbell, Kenny Endoso, Jerry Summers, Gene Wilder, Karl Lukas, Tom Steele, Danny Sands, Herman Boden, Richard Farnsworth, Dick Warlock, Don Megowan, Jack Starrett, Ira Miller, Harvey Korman, Jay Loft-Lyn, Tony Regan, Burton Gilliam, Jerry Brown, Madeline Kahn, Harvey Parry, George Tracy, Abel Franco, Jack Perkins, Joe Yrigoyen, Bert Madrid, Stewart East, Frankie Van, Rick Garcia, David Huddleston, John Hillerman, Dom DeLuise, Sally Kirkland, David Armstrong, Cleavon Little, Aneta Corsaut, Fred Scheiwiller, Ross Dollarhyde, Elly Enriquez, George Furth, Richard Monahan, Count Basie, Hank Robinson, Bill Zuckert, Jack Clinton, Jessamine Milner, Ben Frommer, Carol Arthur, Slim Pickens, Bill Catching, David Sharpe, Troy Melton, Danny 'Big Black' Rey, Boyd 'Red' Morgan, Anne Bancroft, George Sawaya, Daniel NúñEz, Clark Ross, Mel Brooks, Jimmy Martinez, Craig Littler, Bill McIntosh, Monty O'Grady, Tim Sullivan
In Theaters:Feb 07, 1974
Runtime:1 hour 33 minutes
Production:Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros.
Budget:$2,600,000
Box Office:$119,601,481
Available On:Amazon, Itunes, Netflix, Vudu
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