1974 Best Picture

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Blazing Saddles

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

1974

93 min

Rated R

7.7IMDB

73Metacritic

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.

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WesternComedy

Director

Mel Brooks

Cast

Cleavon LittleGene WilderSlim PickensHarvey KormanMadeline KahnMel BrooksBurton GilliamAlex Karras

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Keywords

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