Blazing Saddles 1974

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.

Directed by

Mel Brooks

Written by

Richard Pryor, Mel Brooks

Cast

Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn