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Blazing Saddles, Directed by Mel Brooks
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Blazing Saddles, Directed by Mel Brooks

By William Nauenburg

Oct 21, 2020
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Blazing Saddles, Directed by Mel Brooks
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Written by Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, and Alan Uger

Starring Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Mel Brooks, and Harvey Korman

Released by Warner Bros., 1974

Rated R for crude and sexual humor, some racial epithets, and comic violence

Running time: 93 minutes

Author’s note: This review contains spoilers for Blazing Sa…

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