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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.
Feb 18, 1972 · Overlooked when it first aired February 18, 1972, the made-for-TV Evil Roy Slade has gained a loyal and protective cult following in the past 20 years. The film was the second pilot for a never-sold TV western spoof created by Garry Marshall and Jerry Belson, Sheriff Who?.
Evil Roy Slade (John Astin), the meanest villain in the West, falls for a pretty schoolteacher (Pamela Austin) and tries to change his ways. She persuades him to change careers from train robber to family man, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff, Marshal Bing Bell (Dick Shawn), is out to capture him.
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Evil Roy Slade's the wildest, rootin' and a tootin' train-robber in the west. Not the kind of man you want to invite to dinner, unless you want to spend it with your hands up. His favorite pastimes terrorizing rich, finger restricted, transport baron Belson Stole owner of Western Express.
Evil Roy Slade. An outlaw (John Astin) whose villainy knows no bounds. Dick Shawn, Mickey Rooney, Dom DeLuise, Milton Berle. Betsy: Pamela Austin. Flossie: Edie Adams. Directed by Jerry Paris ...
With EVIL ROY SLADE, the humor is over-the-top and moves at a purely frantic slapstick pace. If you don't pay attention to EVIL ROY SLADE you're going to miss a snappy comeback, an offhand remark that is delicious, or a bit of physical comedy mugging for the camera that is to die for. Where else can you get math problems like:
