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- John Astin is Evil Roy Slade. The lone survivor of an Indian attack as a child, the Indians didn’t want him. Neither did the coyotes. So he grew up mean and hateful. And now he’s terrorizing the West, leading a gang that’s been especially troublesome for the Western Express Railroad.
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Feb 18, 1972 · Evil Roy Slade: Directed by Jerry Paris. With John Astin, Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson. The meanest villain in the West, Evil Roy Slade, falls for pretty schoolteacher Betsy Potter, who tries to change his ways.
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- Comedy, Western
- Jerry Paris
- 1972-02-18
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Jun 15, 2023 · Mark Franklin June 15, 2023 1970s. John Astin is Evil Roy Slade. The lone survivor of an Indian attack as a child, the Indians didn’t want him. Neither did the coyotes. So he grew up mean and hateful. And now he’s terrorizing the West, leading a gang that’s been especially troublesome for the Western Express Railroad.
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Feb 9, 2024 · Heartfelt and almost deliriously overzealous, Paris’ funny and fiendish lesson in toxic love is ultimately as sweet as the teddy bear-carrying Evil Roy himself.
- Alison Foreman
Evil Roy Slade ★★★ 1971. Goofy family comedy (a failed TV pilot) that's a parody of every western cliche imaginable. Roy (Astin) is the meanest gunslinger in the west (he was raised by vultures) who's trying to turn over a new leaf after he falls for a pretty schoolteacher.
Evil Roy Slade is a 1972 American made-for-television Western comedy film about the "meanest villain in the West". It was directed by Jerry Paris and co-produced and co-written by Garry Marshall. The film is considered a cult classic.
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).
