Similarly, Young Frankenstein ’s “Froderick Fronkensteen” (Gene Wilder) tries to distance himself from his grandfather’s notoriety but nevertheless becomes another Frankenstein. Blazing Saddles Mel Brooks scored his first commercial hit with this raucous Western spoof starring the late Cleavon Little as the newly hired (and conspicuously black) sheriff of Rock Ridge. In order to ruin a western town, a corrupt politician appoints a black Sheriff, who … The script was pretty controversial, after all. Mel Brooks did not plan to call it by its name. Blazing Saddles is a 1974 western comedy film about a corrupt political boss who, in an attempt to ruin a western town, appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary.. With Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman. Directed by Mel Brooks.Written by Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger.

The Waco Kid” was the first one to have an idea for the next Mel Brooks movie that came to theaters just a year after Blazing Saddles was released. Sheriff Bart teams up with deputy Jim (Gene Wilder) to foil the railroad-building scheme of the nefarious Hedley Lamarr (Harvey Korman). Brooks said, “Blazing Saddles was more or less written in the middle of a drunken fistfight. He got an idea while on set and pitched it to the director. Writing the script for Blazing Saddles wasn’t made so simple since so many people were fighting for their creations to be implemented. Mel Brooks. B lazing Saddles was one of Gene Wilder’s greatest, funniest movies, even if he seemed to not quite belong in it. Blazing Saddles’ Sheriff Bart (Cleavon Little) is instantly relatable and sympathetic: He’s a black sheriff forced to protect a racist town. “Blazing Saddles, for me, was a film that truly broke ground. Directed by Mel Brooks. Blazing Saddles (1974) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.