Movie
Blazing Saddles
Overview
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Details
- Release date
- 1974-02-07
- Runtime
- 93 min
- Genres
- Western, Comedy
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Cleavon Little as Bart
- Gene Wilder as Jim
- Slim Pickens as Taggart
- Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr
- Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp
- Mel Brooks as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
- Burton Gilliam as Lyle
- Alex Karras as Mongo
- David Huddleston as Olson Johnson
- Liam Dunn as Rev. Johnson
- John Hillerman as Howard Johnson
- George Furth as Van Johnson
Crew
- Mel Brooks - Director
- Richard Pryor - Screenplay
- Mel Brooks - Screenplay
- Norman Steinberg - Screenplay
- Andrew Bergman - Screenplay
- Alan Uger - Screenplay
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