Blazing Saddles (1974)
...or never give a saga an even break!
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.
- Release Date: 1974-02-07
- Runtime: 1h 33min
- Production Company: Crossbow Productions
- Production Country: United States of America
- Director: Mel Brooks
- Writers: Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger.
