Blazing Saddles (1974)

02/07/1974 (US) • 1h 33m

Western, Comedy

...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

Harvey Korman

Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn

Lili Von Shtupp

Mel Brooks

Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

David Huddleston

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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