Blazing Saddles

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Cleavon Little Bart

Gene Wilder Jim

Slim Pickens Taggart

Harvey Korman Hedley Lamarr

Madeline Kahn Lili Von Shtupp