Summary
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.
Cast
Cleavon Little
Bart
Gene Wilder
Jim
Slim Pickens
Taggart
Harvey Korman
Hedley Lamarr
Madeline Kahn
Lili Von Shtupp
Mel Brooks
Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief
Burton Gilliam
Lyle
Alex Karras
Mongo
David Huddleston
Olson Johnson
Liam Dunn
Rev. Johnson
John Hillerman
Howard Johnson
George Furth
Van Johnson
Jack Starrett
Gabby Johnson
Carol Arthur
Harriett Johnson
Richard Collier
Dr. Sam Johnson
Charles McGregor
Charlie
Robyn Hilton
Miss Stein
Don Megowan
Gum Chewer
Dom DeLuise
Buddy Bizarre
Count Basie
Self
John Alderson
Gum Chewer (uncredited)
Don Ames
Townsman (uncredited)
Tom Anfinsen
German Soldier (uncredited)
David Armstrong
Pressman (uncredited)
Denny Arnold
Townsman (uncredited)
Benjie Bancroft
Townsman (uncredited)
Herman Boden
Cowboy (uncredited)
Jimmie Booth
Desperado (uncredited)
Alex Brown
RR Worker (uncredited)
Jerry Brown
Stage Driver (uncredited)
Loren Brown
Townsman (uncredited)
Eldon Burke
Desperado (uncredited)
Stephen Burnette
Townsman (uncredited)
David Cadiente
Mexican (uncredited)
Patrick Campbell
MC at Show (uncredited)
Bart Carroll
Dancer (uncredited)
Bill Catching
Outlaw (uncredited)
Ray Chabeau
German Soldier Dancer (uncredited)
Donald Chaffin
Townsman (uncredited)
Dick Cherney
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack R. Clinton
Official (uncredited)
Aneta Corsaut
Tourist Mother (uncredited)
Dick Crockett
Townsman (uncredited)
George Dockstader
Politician (uncredited)
Ross Dollarhide
Desperado (uncredited)
Randy Doney
Dancer (uncredited)
Alphonso DuBois
Townsman (uncredited)
Ken DuMain
Townsman (uncredited)
Hobert Durham Jr.
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Stewart East
Pressman (uncredited)
Daniel Elam
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Kenny Endoso
Indian (uncredited)
Elly Enriquez
Mexican (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Sheriff (uncredited)
Fred Fisher
Townsman (uncredited)
Bob Folkerson
Townsman (uncredited)
Abel Franco
Mexican Bandit (uncredited)
Ben Frommer
Convict (uncredited)
John Furlong
Tourist Man (uncredited)
Rick Garcia
Mexican Bandit (uncredited)
Laura Gile
Townswoman (uncredited)
Seamon Glass
Cowboy (uncredited)
Betty Jeanne Glennie
Townswoman (uncredited)
Cecil Gold
Dancer (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward
Outlaw (uncredited)
Bud Hazlett
Townsman (uncredited)
Francine Henderson
Townswoman (uncredited)
George Hickman
Townsman (uncredited)
George Holmes
Theatre Patron (uncredited)
Kal Isaacs
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Kathryn Janssen
Commissary Customer (uncredited)
Rosemary Johnston
Townswoman (uncredited)
Madge Journeay
Townswoman (uncredited)
M.J. Kane
Leopold (uncredited)
Ron Kinwald
Townsman (uncredited)
Sally Kirkland
Cashier (uncredited)
Patrick Labyorteaux
Henry (uncredited)
Richard LaMarr
Townsman (uncredited)
Tex Lambert
KKK Member (uncredited)
Jack Lilley
Overseer (uncredited)
Craig Littler
Tex (uncredited)
Jay Loft-Lynn
RR Worker (uncredited)
Karl Lukas
Cutthroat (uncredited)
Bert Madrid
Convict in Line (uncredited)
Ralph Manza
Man in Commissary Playing Hitler (uncredited)
Jimmy Martinez
Scared Mexican Man (uncredited)
Bert May
German Soldier Dancer (uncredited)
Fred McDougall
Desperado (uncredited)
Rod McGaughy
Desperado (uncredited)
Bill McIntosh
Desperado (uncredited)
Clyde McLeod
Townsman (uncredited)
Troy Melton
Member of the Press (uncredited)
Ira Miller
Baker Man (uncredited)
Jessamine Milner
Elderly Woman (uncredited)
Richard Monahan
Dancer (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan
Outlaw (uncredited)
Beans Morocco
Townsman (uncredited)
Hal Needham
Outlaw (uncredited)
Daniel Nunez
Mexican (uncredited)
Monty O'Grady
Townsman (uncredited)
Harvey Parry
Townsman (uncredited)
Jack Perkins
Desperado (uncredited)
Alan Peterson
German Soldier Dancer (uncredited)
Tom Pittman
Official (uncredited)
Anthony Redondo
Townsman (uncredited)
Booty Reed
Railroad Worker (uncredited)
Tony Regan
Pressman (uncredited)
Danny 'Big Black' Rey
Bart's Father (uncredited)
Robert Ridgely
Boris (uncredited)
Rodney Allen Rippy
Bart (age 5) (uncredited)
Al Roberts
Townsman (uncredited)
Arnold Roberts
Townsman (uncredited)
Hank Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
Victor Romito
Arabian (uncredited)
Clark Ross
Townsman (uncredited)
Darrell Sandeen
KKK Man (uncredited)
Danny Sands
Desperado (uncredited)
George Sawaya
Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Scheiwiller
Outlaw (uncredited)
David Sharpe
Man in Suit (uncredited)
June Smaney
Townswoman (uncredited)
Eddie Smith
RR Worker (uncredited)
Roy Smith
Dancer (uncredited)
Paul Stader
Desperado (uncredited)
Tom Steele
Townsman Who Falls from Chair (uncredited)
Tim Sullivan
Dancer (uncredited)
Jerry Summers
Desperado (uncredited)
Jim Taylor
Dancer (uncredited)
George Tracy
Townsman (uncredited)
Jerry Trent
Dancer (uncredited)
Frankie Van
Fighter (uncredited)
Richard Vitagliano
Anal Johnson (uncredited)
Al Ward
Man at Pond (uncredited)
Dick Warlock
Townsman (uncredited)
Janice Whitby
Tour Guide (uncredited)
Joe Yrigoyen
Townsman (uncredited)
Bill Zuckert
Official (uncredited)
Crew
Director, Lyricist, Screenplay
Mel Brooks
Screenplay
Richard Pryor
Screenplay
Norman Steinberg
Screenplay
Alan Uger
Screenplay, Story
Andrew Bergman
Reviews
GenerationofSwine
January 12, 2023
10
I'm married to a Millennial and that presents difficulties that are unique to her generation. Especially unique since I am Gen-X and there is that whole rejection of labels thing and her generation is obsessed with labels. And the not understanding satire or dark humor thing that plagues that generation. And, of course, the fact that my generation kind of raised ourselves and hers, well, I have to explain things like why you don't mix coloreds and whites when you do laundry.
Anyway, getting her and her besties to sit down and watch anything older than 4 years is an uphill battle... again a uniquely Millennial thing. This is odd to me since I was born after this came out, and, honestly, love a lot of movies even decades older than me.... it's the new ones I don't like.
So I begged, and I pleaded, and I finally got them to watch Blazing Saddles, on the basis that I actually forced my wife (at gun point, and knife point) to watch Young Frankenstein and she loved it.
Blazing Saddles lasted about 10 minutes before they got upset by the racism.
But they she and her best friend and her boyfriend sat it out anyway, and by the end of the movie they were throwing a fit about racism as if I sat them down to watch Birth of a Nation.
Mel Brooks somehow went way over their heads...
... I'm not exactly sure that has ever happened before... ever, in all the History of the World, I'm pretty sure that has never, ever, happened before.
So I found myself with an angry wife and two very angry friends all pretty much accusing me of being William Luther Pierce.
Still not sure what happened there. Something went horribly wrong. This movie kind of mocks racism doesn't it? it turns it into a joke so people can't take it seriously any longer and makes the viewer think that anyone who wears a white robe is an idiot. An absolute moron.
And yet their collective reaction kind of assumed the opposite.
So, anyway, I slept on the couch for a while as I slowly talked her down and explained that, no, in fact this movie was AGAINST racism. That Mel Brooks is far from a racist. That, in fact, it supports equality.
But I'm still very confused.
I still don't know how that happened.
Media
Status:
Released
Original Language:
English
Budget:
$2,600,000.00
Revenue:
$119,500,000.00
Keywords
Recommendations
History of the World: Part I
Silent Movie
Marquis de Sade: Justine
High Anxiety
Young Frankenstein
Joe Kidd
The Producers
Tommy Boy
The Bling Ring
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Westworld
The Twelve Chairs
Life Stinks
Smiles of a Summer Night
To Be or Not to Be
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy
Born Free
Nixon
The Toy
