Blazing Saddles (1974)

Movie Details

Original Title Blazing Saddles

Original Language EN

Budget $2,600,000

Revenue $119,500,000

Status Released

Popularity 12.2

Cast

Cleavon Little

Bart

Popularity: 2.1

Gene Wilder

Jim

Popularity: 1.3

Slim Pickens

Taggart

Popularity: 2.4

Harvey Korman

Hedley Lamarr

Popularity: 0.6

Madeline Kahn

Lili Von Shtupp

Popularity: 4.9

Mel Brooks

Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

Popularity: 7.0

Burton Gilliam

Lyle

Popularity: 1.5

Alex Karras

Mongo

Popularity: 2.0

David Huddleston

Olson Johnson

Popularity: 0.8

Liam Dunn

Rev. Johnson

Popularity: 2.1

John Hillerman

Howard Johnson

Popularity: 1.3

George Furth

Van Johnson

Popularity: 6.8

Key Crew

Director Mel Brooks

Screenplay Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg

Editor John C. Howard, Danford B. Greene

Producer Michael Hertzberg

Production

Crossbow Productions

Warner Bros. Pictures

Videos & Trailers

The Waco Kid

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Behind the Scenes - Inappropriate Inspiration

Behind the Scenes

Movie Clip - "It’s Twue"

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Movie Clip - Giant Step Forward

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Movie Clip - "Are We Awake?"

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Movie Clip - A New Sheriff In Town

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Image Gallery

Backdrops

Posters

Keywords

governor saloon gun parody marching band breaking the fourth wall spoof racism railroad interrupted hanging cowboy western town western spoof ceremony frontier town saloon girl coot self-referential satirical anarchic comedy

Reviews from TMDB

GenerationofSwine 10/10

Jan 12, 2023

I'm married to a Millennial and that presents difficulties that are unique to her generation. Especially unique since I am Gen-X and there is that whole rejection of labels thing and her generation is obsessed with labels. And the not understanding satire or dark humor thing that plagues that genera ... Read more

CinemaSerf 7/10

Feb 10, 2024

I grew up watching the "Friday Western" each week on the television so am a bit steeped in the genre to which this takes an entertaining, and loving, swipe. "Hedley Lamarr" (Harvey Korman) is out to trash his own town so he can buy up the land cheaply for his railroad. What better way to drive folks ... Read more

r96sk 8/10

Jul 16, 2025

<em>'Blazing Saddles'</em> is fairly funny. The good intentions of this 1974 satire is clear to see, naturally it can come across as a bit on the nose at times but it does lead to some amusement. Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder give good performances; always nice to see the latter. Harvey Korman is ... Read more