Blazing Saddles is a 1974 (1974 in film) satirical (satire) Western (Western film) comedy film directed (film director) by Mel Brooks. Starring Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder, it was written by Mel Brooks, Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Al Uger, and was based on Bergmans story and draft. The movie was nominated for three Academy Awards, and is considered one of the great American comedies, coming in at number six on AFIs 100 Years... 100 Laughs list.

Brooks appears in multiple supporting roles, including Governor Le Petomane and a Yiddish (Yiddish language)-speaking Indian Chief. Slim Pickens, Alex Karras, David Huddleston, and Brooks regulars Dom DeLuise, Madeline Kahn, and Harvey Korman are also featured. Musician Count Basie has a cameo as himself.

The film exposes the racism obscured by myth-making Hollywood (Cinema of the United States) accounts of the American West (American Old West), but in a highly satirical way; the racist (racism) slur "nigger" is heard 17 times in Blazing Saddles, while the films hero is black (African American).