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Blazing Saddles (1974)  link to Blazing Saddles on IMDb  link to trailer on IMDb

Number: 35

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IMDb Rating:
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7.8/10 (93352 votes)

Country: USA, 93 minutes

Spoken Languages: English, German, Yiddish

Genre(s): Comedy, Western

Director(s): Mel Brooks

Cast: Cleavon Little (as Bart), Gene Wilder (as Jim), Slim Pickens (as Taggart), Harvey Korman (as Hedley Lamarr), Madeline Kahn (as Lili Von Shtupp)

Medium: VHS tape,

Storyline: 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 (Harvey Korman(R.I.P.)), 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 (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little(R.I.P.)) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.

Loaned: No

Aspect ratio: 2.35:1