Blazing Saddles
3NomsDirected by Mel Brooks
Synopsis
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.
Awards
Details
- Released
- 7 February 1974
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Mel Brooks
- Writers
- Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Box office
- $119,500,000
- Countries
- United States of America
- Languages
- English, Yiddish, German
- Production
- Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
Cleavon Little
Gene Wilder
Slim Pickens
Harvey Korman
Madeline KahnNominated
Mel BrooksNominated
Burton Gilliam
Alex Karras
David Huddleston
Liam Dunn