Evil Roy Slade

Infobox Television Film
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name = Evil Roy Slade


caption = VHS cover for "Evil Roy Slade"

format = Comedy
Western
runtime = 97 minutes (approx.)
creator =
director = Jerry Paris
producer = Jerry Belson
Garry Marshall
writer = Jerry Belson
Garry Marshall
starring = John Astin
Pamela Austin
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
Henry Gibson
Pat Buttram
music = Murray MacLeod
Stuart Margolin
Jerry Riopelle
country = United States
language = English
network = NBC
released = February 18 1972
website =
imdb_id = 0067072
tv_com_id = 24154
amg_id = 125362

"Evil Roy Slade" is a 1972 made-for-television comedy film about the "meanest villain in the West."

Plot

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up alone—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West"—so he's thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolteacher Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). There's also Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, who, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (Henry Gibson), is trying to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for robbing him.

Cult classic

Although it was a 1970s made-for-TV movie, many baby boomers consider the flick a cult classic. Quotes of "He's a born showman", "A dead neighbor and all six apples", and "Your ruby red lips taste like prairie dust" are embedded in the minds of those that love the film. Its rapid-paced style of humor can also be seen in many later films, most notably "Airplane!".

"Evil Roy Slade" was released on DVD in January, 2008.

Cast

*John Astin as Evil Roy Slade
*Pamela Austin as Betsy Potter
*Mickey Rooney as Nelson L. Stool
*Henry Gibson as Clifford Stool
*Dick Shawn as Marshal Bing Bell
*Pat Buttram as Narrator (voice)
*Edie Adams as Flossie
*Arthur Batanides as Lee
*Milton Frome as Foss
*Larry Hankin as Snake
*Robert Liberman as Preacher
*Ed Cambridge as Smith
*Luana Anders as Alice Fern
*Milton Berle as Harry Fern
*Rob Fern as Rob Fern
*Dom DeLuise as Dr. Logan Delp
*Connie Sawyer as Aggie Potter
*Alice Nunn as Claire Beckendorf
*Pat Morita as Turhan
*Billy Sands as Randolph Sweet
*Billy Curtis as "Toy Cowboy"
*Penny Marshall as Bank Teller (uncredited)
*Ed Begley Jr. (uncredited)