Film

Blazing Saddles

1974 · 1h 33m · Western · Comedy

...or never give a saga an even break!

IMDb

7.7

Rotten Tomatoes

89%

Metacritic

73

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.

Cleavon Little

Bart

Gene Wilder

Jim

Slim Pickens

Taggart

Harvey Korman

Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn

Lili Von Shtupp

Mel Brooks

Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

Burton Gilliam

Lyle

Alex Karras

Mongo

David Huddleston

Olson Johnson

Liam Dunn

Rev. Johnson

John Hillerman

Howard Johnson

George Furth

Van Johnson

Jack Starrett

Gabby Johnson

Carol Arthur

Harriett Johnson

Richard Collier

Dr. Sam Johnson

Charles McGregor

Charlie

• Mel BrooksDirector · Screenplay
• Andrew BergmanScreenplay · Story
• Norman SteinbergScreenplay
• Richard PryorScreenplay
• Alan UgerScreenplay
• Michael HertzbergProducer
• Joseph F. BirocDirector of Photography
• John MorrisOriginal Music Composer
• Danford B. GreeneEditor
• John C. HowardEditor

Official Trailer 4K Ultra HDOriginal Theatrical Trailer50th Anniversary Spot

Release date

February 7, 1974

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 33m

Rated

R

Budget

$2,600,000

Revenue

$119,500,000

Genres

Western, Comedy

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