Directed by Mel Brooks
An Oscar-nominated western comedy film directed by Mel Brooks.
◈ CrunchScore
Top 13%
of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement
★ TMDB Audience Rating
7.2/10
2K ratings
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.
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Awards
Top 16% 1970s Western movies.
Second-best Mel Brooks film, behind Young Frankenstein.
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