Blazing Saddles
1974 · 93 min
Directed by Mel Brooks. Written by Alan Uger, Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman.
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.
Critics 92% · audiences 90% · 2 Oscar nominations