In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.
- Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 wins & 6 nominations total
Jack Starrett
- Gabby Johnson
- (as Claude Ennis Starrett Jr.)
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Did you know
- Trivia(at around 45 mins) Cleavon Little was not warned about the "you know. . . . morons" line. His reaction was real.
- Goofs(at around 1h 11 mins) In the sign up scene, Hedley Lamarr fires a two shot Derringer three times without reloading. This is a parody of a common "western" goof.
- Crazy creditsThe Warner Bros. logo appears on a black screen and burns away (in a homage to the Western show Bonanza (1959)), leading into the opening credits.
- Alternate versionsThe standard cable and commercial broadcast versions omit racial slurs and some bad language. Extent of the editing is contingent on whether the TV-PG, or TV-14 version is being shown.
- ConnectionsEdited into 5 Second Movies: Blazing Saddles (2008)
Featured review
Whenever I look at this film I laugh so hard that somtimes tears come to my eyes. Brooks manages to do with this film what Young Frankenstien did to classic horror films. The thing that really works is all the in jokes laced throughout the film. This shows that the cast and crew were really having fun in writing and producing this film. But the main credit should go to the late Cleavon Little. He was perfect as Bart. He took the role when many thought it should have gone to Richard Pryor (who was a co-writer on the film). However, I think Pryor might have been a little too over the top for the role. Little played it more low key and not as militant as Pryor might have.
Also, this film was rated R when it was first released back in 1974. Today it probably would get either a P.G. or, at most, a P.G.-13 rating.
Also, this film was rated R when it was first released back in 1974. Today it probably would get either a P.G. or, at most, a P.G.-13 rating.
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- Country of origin
- Languages
- Also known as
- Locura en el oeste
- Filming locations
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $2,600,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $119,616,663
- Gross worldwide
- $119,625,020
- Runtime1 hour 33 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1
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