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Blazing Saddles - Mel Brooks

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Directed by: 
Mel Brooks
Story by: 
Andrew Bergman
Screenplay by: 
Andrew Bergman
Mel Brooks
Norman Steinberg
Richard Pryor
Alan Uger
Produced by: 
Michael Hertzberg
Release year: 
1974
Country: 
United States of America
Runtime: 
93min
Genre: 
Western
Satire
Comedy
Music by: 
John Morris
Locations: 
TCL Chinese Theatre
Los Angeles
Burbank
Vasquez Rocks
Agua Dulce
Soundtrack: 
Blazing Saddles
Tagline: 
Never give a saga an even break!
Plot: 
The Ultimate Western Spoof. 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 the first Black sheriff in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
Cast: 
Cleavon Little
as
Bart
Gene Wilder
as
Jim
Harvey Korman
as
Hedley Lamarr
John Hillerman
as
Howard Johnson
David Huddleston
as
Olson Johnson
Dom DeLuise
as
Buddy Bizarre
Burton Gilliam
as
Lyle
Alex Karras
as
Mongo
Mel Brooks
as
Governor WIlliam J. Lepetomane
Madeline Kahn
as
Lili Von Shtupp
Liam Dunn
as
Rev. Johnson
David Sharpe
as
Man in Suit
Slim Pickens
as
Taggart
Jack Starrett
as
Gabby Johnson
Charles McGregor
as
Charlie
George Furth
as
Van Johnson
Don Megowan
as
Gum Chewer #1
Count Basie
Richard Collier
as
Dr. Sam Johnson
Carol Arthur
as
Harriett Johnson
Mel Brooks
as
Indian Chief
Robyn Hilton
as
Miss Stein
Karl Lukas
as
Cutthroat #1
Billy Akins
as
Townsman #1
John Alderson
as
Gum Chewer #2
Don Ames
as
Townsman #4
Tom Anfinsen
as
German Soldier
David Armstrong
as
Pressman #1
Anne Bancroft
(
Congregation Extra
)
Herman Boden
as
Cowboy #1
Alex Brown
as
RR Worker #1
Jerry Brown
as
Stage Driver
Eldon Burke
as
Desperado #1
David Cadiente
as
Mexican #1
Patrick Campbell
as
MC at Show
Bill Catching
as
Outlaw #1
Ray Chabeau
as
German Soldier Dancer #1
Donald Chaffin
as
Townsman #5
Aneta Corsaut
as
Tourist Mother
Dick Crockett
as
Townsman #2
Alfred DeSio
as
German Soldier Dancer #2
George Dockstader
as
Politician
Ross Dollarhyde
as
Desperado #2
Hobert Durham Jr.
as
Railroad Worker #1
Tony Regan
as
Pressman #3
Big Black
as
Bart's Father
Robert Ridgely
as
Boris
Rodney Allen Rippy
as
Bart
(
Age 5
)
Hank Robinson
as
Townsman #9
Wally Rose
as
Desperado #7
Darrell Sandeen
as
KKK Man
Danny Sands
as
Desperado #8
George Sawaya
as
Townsman #10
Fred Scheiwiller
as
Outlaw #2
Marrietta Schmidt
as
Woman in Ladies Room
Eddie Smith
as
RR Worker #3
Stewart East
as
Pressman #2
Kenny Endoso
as
Indian
Elly Enriquez
as
Mexican #2
Richard Farnsworth
as
Sheriff
Abel Franco
as
Mexican Bandit #1
Ben Frommer
as
Convict
John Furlong
as
Tourist Man
Rick Garcia
as
Mexican Bandit #2
Seamon Glass
as
Cowboy #2
Cecil Gold
as
Dancer #1
Chuck Hayward
as
Outlaw #4
Robert Hitchcock
as
Funkie
Kal Isaacs
as
Railroad Worker #2
Rosemary Johnston
as
Townswoman #1
Madge Journeay
as
Townswoman #2
M.J. Kane
as
Leopold
Sally Kirkland
as
Cashier
Patrick Labyorteaux
as
Henry
Almeteer LaFrance
as
Bart's Mother
Tex Lambert
as
KKK Member
Jack Lilley
as
Overseer
Craig Littler
as
Tex
Jay Loft-Lyn
as
RR Worker #2
Bert Madrid
as
Convict in Line
Ralph Manza
as
Man in Commissary Playing Hitler
Jimmy Martinez
as
Scared Mexican Man
Bert May
as
German Soldier Dancer #3
Fred McDougall
as
Desperado #3
Rod McGaughy
as
Desperado #4
Bill McIntosh
as
Desperado #5
Clyde McLeod
as
Townsman #6
Troy Melton
as
Member of the Press
Ira Miller
as
Baker Man
Jessamine Milner
as
Elderly Woman
Richard Monahan
as
Dancer #2
Boyd Morgan
as
Outlaw #3
Beans Morocco
as
Townsman #7
Hal Needham
as
Outlaw #5
Daniel Núñez
as
Mexican #3
Harvey Parry
as
Townsman #8
Jack Perkins
as
Desperado #6
Alan Peterson
as
German Soldier Dancer #4
Tom Pittman
as
Official #1
Booty Reed
as
Railroad Worker #3

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