Blazing Saddles Ending Explained: Plot and Final Scene Facts

Blazing Saddles (1974) — an evergreen reference for this movie: the essentials, the cast, where to watch and what to watch next. ...or never give a saga an even break!

Where to watch

TMDB's U.S. watch-provider data lists Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand. Availability changes by country and date, so check your streaming app before watching.

Cast

Cleavon Little as Bart; Gene Wilder as Jim; Slim Pickens as Taggart; Harvey Korman as Hedley Lamarr; Madeline Kahn as Lili Von Shtupp; Mel Brooks as Governor William J. Le Petomane / Indian Chief; Burton Gilliam as Lyle; Alex Karras as Mongo

About Blazing Saddles

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.

More like Blazing Saddles

• Boss Nigger
• ¡Three Amigos!
• Ramrod
• The White Buffalo
• The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
• Tall in the Saddle
• The Hallelujah Trail
• The Cheyenne Social Club

Figures and availability come from public TMDB data and are provided as a sourced reference.