Blazing Saddles

Content Warnings

Overall Severity: 🔴 75/100
Total warning time: 3m 50s
Sex/Nudity: 🟡 60/100 (1m 20s)
  • 🟡 50/100 [00:15:30 - 00:16:00] Sexual innuendo and suggestive dancing.
  • 🔴 70/100 [00:45:20 - 00:46:10] References to sexual acts and crude humor.
Drug Use: 🟡 30/100 (25s)
  • 🟡 30/100 [00:30:45 - 00:31:10] Characters drink alcohol in a saloon.
Violence: 🟡 65/100 (1m 35s)
  • 🟡 50/100 [00:20:15 - 00:21:00] Slapstick violence with punches and falls.
  • 🔴 80/100 [01:05:30 - 01:06:20] Gunfights and exaggerated violence.
Strong Language: 🔴 80/100 (30s)
  • 🔴 90/100 [00:10:05 - 00:10:15] Use of racial slurs and offensive language.
  • 🔴 70/100 [00:35:40 - 00:36:00] Crude humor and strong language.
Blazing Saddles
Year: 1974
Certificate: A
Runtime: 93 min
Genre: Comedy, Western
IMDB: 7.7
Meta Score: 73
Votes: 125993
Gross: 119,500,000
Director: Mel Brooks
Stars: Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman
Overview: In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.

Movie FAQ

Q: Who directed Blazing Saddles (1974)?
A: Blazing Saddles was directed by Mel Brooks.
Q: What is the plot of Blazing Saddles?
A: Blazing Saddles is a satirical Western comedy about a Black sheriff appointed to a racist town, who teams up with a drunken gunslinger to save the townspeople from a greedy politician and his gang.
Q: Who stars as the sheriff in Blazing Saddles?
A: Cleavon Little stars as Sheriff Bart, the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge.
Q: What role does Gene Wilder play in the movie?
A: Gene Wilder plays Jim, the Waco Kid, a former gunslinger who becomes Sheriff Bart's ally.
Q: Is Blazing Saddles known for breaking the fourth wall?
A: Yes, Blazing Saddles is famous for breaking the fourth wall, especially in its climactic scene where the characters literally leave the movie set and enter other parts of the studio.