Film

Blazing Saddles 1974

Directed by Mel Brooks

  • Western, Comedy
  • 93 min
  • R

...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.

WesternComedygovernorsaloongunmusicalsatireparodyalcoholismmarching bandbreaking the fourth wallspoofracismrailroad

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Comic, cool, ironic and nostalgic.

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