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- Matthew UlmMay 22, 2025It is one of my personal favorites and most irreverent I know of. This and Frankenstein are Gene and Mel and their very best. How the actors were able to do this film with straight faces I will never know. If you hear the handkerchief by Mel Brooks, the story explains everything.
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Blazing Saddles was released on February 7, 1974.
Blazing Saddles was directed by Mel Brooks.
Blazing Saddles has a runtime of 1h 32m.
Blazing Saddles was produced by Michael Hertzberg.
A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor. Hedley convinces him to send the town its first sheriff.
The key characters in Blazing Saddles are Bart (Cleavon Little), Jim (Gene Wilder), Taggart (Slim Pickens).
Blazing Saddles is rated R.
Blazing Saddles is a Comedy, Western film.
Blazing Saddles has an audience rating of 9 out of 10.
Blazing Saddles had a budget of $2.6M.
Blazing Saddles has made $119.5M at the box office.