Blazing Saddles (1974)

Directed by Mel Brooks

Blazing Saddles movie poster

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.

Genre: Western, Comedy

Language: en

Production

Cinematographer: Joseph F. Biroc · Composer: John Morris · Editors: John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene · Production Design: Peter Wooley

Production: Crossbow Productions

Budget: $2.6M

Script: Read the script on Script Slug

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