Blazing Saddles

1974 · Western, Comedy · 93 min

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.

Cleavon Little

Gene Wilder

Slim Pickens

Harvey Korman

Madeline Kahn

Mel Brooks

Burton Gilliam

Alex Karras

David Huddleston

Liam Dunn

John Hillerman

George Furth