Blazing Saddles (1974)
02/07/1974 (US) • 1h 33m
...or never give a saga an even break!
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.
Top Billed Cast
Bart
Jim
Taggart
Hedley Lamarr
Lili Von Shtupp
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Lyle
Mongo
Olson Johnson
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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$2,600,000.00
Revenue
$119,500,000.00
Keywords
governor
saloon
gun
parody
marching band
breaking the fourth wall
spoof
racism
railroad
interrupted hanging
cowboy
western town
western spoof
ceremony
frontier town
saloon girl
coot
self-referential
satirical
anarchic comedy
anachronistic
farting
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