Blazing Saddles
“...or never give a saga an even break!”
A town—where everyone seems to be named Johnson—stands in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, robber baron Hedley Lamarr sends his henchmen to make life in the town unbearable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor, so Hedley convinces him to send the town the first black sheriff in the west.
Genres
Western, Comedy
Studio
Crossbow Productions
Language
en
Status
Released
How Blazing Saddles performed
Budget
$2.6M
Worldwide Gross
$119.5M
Gross Profit
$116.9M
Return
46.0× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$21M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~50/50, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (35% of the domestic run, typical for Western) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Bart
Cleavon Little
Bart
Jim
Gene Wilder
Jim
Taggart
Slim Pickens
Taggart
Hedley Lamarr
Harvey Korman
Hedley Lamarr
Lili Von Shtupp
Madeline Kahn
Lili Von Shtupp
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Mel Brooks
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Lyle
Burton Gilliam
Lyle
Mongo
Alex Karras
Mongo
Olson Johnson
David Huddleston
Olson Johnson
Rev. Johnson
Liam Dunn
Rev. Johnson
Howard Johnson
John Hillerman
Howard Johnson
Van Johnson
George Furth
Van Johnson
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