Overview:

Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.

Release Date:

1974-02-07

Runtime:

93 minutes

Genre:

Western, Comedy

Starring:

Cleavon Little, Gene Wilder, Slim Pickens, Harvey Korman, Madeline Kahn, Mel Brooks, Burton Gilliam, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, Liam Dunn, John Hillerman, George Furth, Jack Starrett, Carol Arthur, Richard Collier, and more

Directed by:

Mel Brooks

Screenplay by:

Andrew Bergman, Mel Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Richard Pryor, Alan Uger

Music by:

John Morris

Streaming Options:

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