Blazing Saddles Poster

Blazing Saddles (1974)

R 02/07/1974 Western, Comedy 1h 33m
73%
User
Score
7.7/10
89%
73/100

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

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.

Mel Brooks

Director

Andrew Bergman

Story

Richard Pryor

Screenplay

Norman Steinberg

Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Cleavon Little

Cleavon Little

Bart

Gene Wilder

Gene Wilder

Jim

Slim Pickens

Slim Pickens

Taggart

Harvey Korman

Harvey Korman

Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn

Madeline Kahn

Lili Von Shtupp

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief

Burton Gilliam

Burton Gilliam

Lyle

Alex Karras

Alex Karras

Mongo

David Huddleston

David Huddleston

Olson Johnson

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Media

The Waco Kid

The Waco Kid

Behind the Scenes - Inappropriate Inspiration

Behind the Scenes - Inappropriate Inspiration

Movie Clip - "It’s Twue"

Movie Clip - "It’s Twue"

Movie Clip - Giant Step Forward

Movie Clip - Giant Step Forward

Movie Clip - "Are We Awake?"

Movie Clip - "Are We Awake?"

Movie Clip - A New Sheriff In Town

Movie Clip - A New Sheriff In Town

Extended Movie Preview

Extended Movie Preview

Official Trailer 4K Ultra HD

Official Trailer 4K Ultra HD

50th Anniversary Spot

50th Anniversary Spot

Mel Brooks calls Madeline Kahn the single best comedian that ever lived.

Mel Brooks calls Madeline Kahn the single best comedian that ever lived.

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Reviews

A review by GenerationofSwine

Written on January 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 generation. And, of course, the fact that my generation kind of raised ourselves and hers, well, I have to explain things like why you don't mix coloreds and whites when you do laundry.

Anyway, getting her and her besties to sit down and watch anything older than 4 years is an uphill battle... again a uniquely Millennial thing. This is odd to me since I was born after this came out, and, honestly, love a lot of movies even decades older than me.... it's the new ones I don't like.

So I begged, an...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on February 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 away than to appoint an African-American sheriff? The shrewd "Bart" (Cleavon Little) knows full well that he has precisely no support from his community - not the sharpest tools in the box - so he signs up the mean "Waco Kid" (Gene Wilder) as his deputy. A gunslinger of ill-repute, he and his boss gradually convince the sheepish townsfolk that they can fight back against the scheming "Lamarr" and maybe even foil his not so cunning plan. My personal favourite scene has to be the wonderful imitat...

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