In this satirical take on Westerns, crafty railroad worker Bart (Cleavon Little) 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 people of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new leader. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend (Gene Wilder) are the only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
Release date: February 7, 1974 (USA)
Director: Mel Brooks
Featured song: Signature / Main Title
Story by: Andrew Bergman
Screenplay: Mel Brooks, Richard Pryor, Andrew Bergman, Norman Steinberg, Alan Uger