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In this western spoof, set in 1874, African American Bart is appointed sheriff to the all-white town of Rock Ridge by greedy land speculators. The speculators hope that his presence will frighten the townsfolk into selling off their land, but their evil designs don't work out as planned.
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
93 min
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.

Blazing Saddles (1974)
93 min
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.