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07/02/1974 Western, Comedy 1h 33m
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...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.

  1. Mel Brooks

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Cleavon Little

    Bart

  2. Gene Wilder

    Jim

  3. Slim Pickens

    Taggart

  4. Harvey Korman

    Hedley Lamarr

  5. Madeline Kahn

    Lili Von Shtupp

  6. Mel Brooks

    Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

  7. Burton Gilliam

    Lyle

  8. Alex Karras

    Mongo

  9. David Huddleston

    Olson Johnson

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A review by r96sk
Written by r96sk on 2025-07-16
'Blazing Saddles' is fairly funny. The good intentions of this 1974 satire is clear to see, naturally it can come across as a bit on the nose at times but it does lead to some amusement. Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder give good performances; always nice to see the latter.

Harvey Korman is the one I probably found most amusing, for example the Hedy Lamarr running gag gave me a minor chuckle each time. In fact, that scene with him and Robert Ridgely (credit to him, also) is probably the one I'll remember most from this; that and the quicksand part.

Both of those aforementioned bits ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$2,600,000.00

Revenue
$119,500,000.00

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