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...or never give a saga an even break! - Blazing Saddles
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Title: Blazing Saddles

Release Date: 7 Feb 1974

Runtime: 1h 33m

Genre: Western, Comedy

Director: Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Companies: Crossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures

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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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.243 (1877 votes)

Cast

  • Bart: Cleavon Little
  • Jim: Gene Wilder
  • Taggart: Slim Pickens
  • Hedley Lamarr: Harvey Korman
  • Lili Von Shtupp: Madeline Kahn
  • Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief: Mel Brooks
  • Lyle: Burton Gilliam
  • Mongo: Alex Karras
  • Olson Johnson: David Huddleston
  • Rev. Johnson: Liam Dunn
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