Governor William J LePotamane Fan Casting for Blazing Saddles remake | myCast
James Stevens
Published Mar 22, 2026
by Mel Brooks
Story added by aloloco on August 21, 2018
"The year is 1874. Railroad construction runs into quicksand and the path needs re-routing, but the tiny town of Rock Ridge stands in the way of progress. Territorial Attorney General Hedley (not Hedy) Lamarr schemes to get his hands on the now-priceless real estate by hiring thugs to kill the sheriff and terrify the locals into leaving. When they don't leave, Lamarr convinces bumbling Governor William J. LePetomane to appoint a black man named Bart – awaiting a death sentence for striking a white man – as the new sheriff, a move calculated to result in Bart being killed by the racist townspeople and/or said townspeople leaving in disgust...read more
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