Blazing Saddles
1974
...or never give a saga an even break!
- Mel Brooks
- 1h 33m
- February 7, 1974 · United States of America
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- February 7, 1974
- Original language
- English
- Spoken languages
- Yiddish, German, English
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- Warner Bros. Pictures,Crossbow Productions
- Cast
- Cleavon Little,Gene Wilder,Slim Pickens,Harvey Korman,Madeline Kahn,Mel Brooks,Burton Gilliam,Alex Karras,David Huddleston,Liam Dunnand 124 more
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Producer
- Michael Hertzberg
- Cinematography
- Joseph F. Biroc
- Music
- John Morris
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Revenue
- $119,500,000
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
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