Blazing Saddles (1974 Mel Brooks)

A wholly appropriate follow-on from Django Unchained. Andrew Bergman wrote the story and co-scripted with Brooks, Norman Steinberg, Richard Pryor (apparently hoping for the lead role himself) and Alan Uger.

Cleavon Little & Gene Wilder, Harvey Korman, Slim Pickens, Madeline Kahn.

The funny bits of old are still funny ('I'd like to extend to you this laurel, and hardy handshake', 'Telegram for Mongo' etc.) but it's lost a bit of its appeal over time, and is rather roughly directed (Joseph Biroc is behind the camera).

Cleavon was in Vanishing Point and as a hospital doctor in TV show Temperatures Rising before this; ended up mainly on TV; though did act on stage in I'm Not Rappaport.