Crafty railroad worker Bart 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 citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias toward their new protector. However, they warm to him after realizing that Bart and his perpetually drunk gunfighter friend Jim are their only defense against a wave of thugs sent to rid the town of its population.
Verdict: Hit
> Mel Brooks (Director)
> Joseph F. Biroc (Director of Photography)
> John C. Chulay (First Assistant Director)
> Leonard S. Smith Jr. (Second Assistant Director)
> Andrew Bergman (Screenplay)
> Norman Steinberg (Screenplay)
> Andrew Bergman (Story)
> Richard Pryor (Screenplay)
> Mel Brooks (Screenplay)
> Mel Brooks (Lyricist)
> Alan Uger (Screenplay)
