Title: Blazing Saddles
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Languages: English
Genres: Western, Comedy,
Runtime: 1:33:00 Hour
Cast: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens
Directors: Mel Brooks
MPA Rating: R
Rating: 7.2 (2145 Votes)
TomatoMeter: 88 %
Audiance Score: 91 %
Critics Consensus: Daring, provocative, and laugh-out-loud funny, Blazing Saddles is a gleefully vulgar spoof of Westerns that marks a high point in Mel Brooks' storied career.
Year: 1974
Summary: 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.