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Blazing Saddles, Directed by Mel Brooks (Review)

By William Nauenburg

Oct 21, 2020
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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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