• StatusReleased
  • Release Date1974-02-07
  • Runtime93 minutes
  • Tagline...or never give a saga an even break!
  • Revenue119,500,000$
  • GenreWestern, Comedy
  • Production
    CompaniesCrossbow Productions, Warner Bros. Pictures
  • Budget2,600,000$

Movie Overview

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.

Casts

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

Charles McGregor

Robyn Hilton

Don Megowan

Dom DeLuise

Count Basie