# Evil Roy Slade

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{{Short description|1972 comedy television film directed by Jerry Paris}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox television
| image                = Evil Roy Slade VHS cover.jpg
| image_size           = 200
| caption              = VHS cover for ''Evil Roy Slade''
| genre                = Comedy<br />Western
| writer               = [Jerry Belson](/source/Jerry_Belson)<br />[Garry Marshall](/source/Garry_Marshall)
| director             = [Jerry Paris](/source/Jerry_Paris)
| starring             = [John Astin](/source/John_Astin)<br />[Pamela Austin](/source/Pamela_Austin)<br />[Mickey Rooney](/source/Mickey_Rooney)<br />[Dick Shawn](/source/Dick_Shawn)<br />[Henry Gibson](/source/Henry_Gibson)<br />[Milton Berle](/source/Milton_Berle)<br />[Edie Adams](/source/Edie_Adams)<br />[Dom Deluise](/source/Dom_Deluise)
| theme_music_composer = Murray MacLeod<br />[Stuart Margolin](/source/Stuart_Margolin)<br />[Jerry Riopelle](/source/Jerry_Riopelle)<br />[James Prigmore](/source/James_Prigmore)
| country              = [United States](/source/United_States)
| language             = English
| executive_producer   = [Howie Horwitz](/source/Howie_Horwitz)
| producer             = [Jerry Belson](/source/Jerry_Belson)<br />[Garry Marshall](/source/Garry_Marshall)
| editor               = [Richard M. Sprague](/source/Richard_M._Sprague)
| location             = Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California
| cinematography       = [Sam Leavitt](/source/Sam_Leavitt_(cinematographer))
| runtime              = 97 minutes (approx.)
| company              = [Universal Television](/source/Universal_Television)
| network              = [NBC](/source/NBC)
| released             = {{Start date|1972|02|18}}
}}
'''''Evil Roy Slade''''' is a 1972 American [made-for-television](/source/television_movie) [Western](/source/Western_(genre)) [comedy film](/source/comedy_film) about the  "meanest villain in the [West](/source/American_Old_West)". It was directed by [Jerry Paris](/source/Jerry_Paris) and co-produced and co-written by [Garry Marshall](/source/Garry_Marshall).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Encyclopedia of Television Pilots: 2,470 Films Broadcast 1937-2019, 2d ed.|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Encyclopedia_of_Television_Pilots/69-_DwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1|publisher=McFarland|date=2020-01-17|isbn=978-1-4766-3810-2|language=en|first=Vincent|last=Terrace}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|title=Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Television_Westerns/TrIspiOaqboC?hl=en&gbpv=1|publisher=Bloomsbury Publishing PLC|date=2011-06-01|isbn=978-0-8108-8133-4|language=en|first=Alvin H.|last=Marill}}</ref> The film is considered a [cult classic](/source/cult_film).<ref>{{Cite book|title=Son of the 100 Best Movies You've Never Seen|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Son_of_the_100_Best_Movies_You_ve_Never/B5alnowvF3sC?hl=en&gbpv=1|publisher=ECW Press|date=2022-08-03|isbn=978-1-55490-330-6|language=en|first=Richard|last=Crouse}}</ref>

==Plot==
Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade ([John Astin](/source/John_Astin)) grew up raised by buzzards—save for his [teddy bear](/source/teddy_bear)—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the [West](/source/American_Old_West)", so he is thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet [schoolmarm](/source/schoolmarm) Betsy Potter ([Pamela Austin](/source/Pamela_Austin)). Nelson L. Stool ([Mickey Rooney](/source/Mickey_Rooney)), a railroad tycoon, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford ([Henry Gibson](/source/Henry_Gibson)), attempts to get revenge on Evil Roy Slade for repeatedly robbing him, and sets out to hire legendary retired singing-sheriff Marshal Bing Bell ([Dick Shawn](/source/Dick_Shawn)) to bring Slade to justice.

==Cast==
* [John Astin](/source/John_Astin) as Evil Roy Slade
* [Mickey Rooney](/source/Mickey_Rooney) as Nelson L. Stool
* [Dick Shawn](/source/Dick_Shawn) as Marshal Bing Bell
* [Henry Gibson](/source/Henry_Gibson) as Clifford Stool
* [Dom DeLuise](/source/Dom_DeLuise) as Dr. Logan Delp
* [Edie Adams](/source/Edie_Adams) as Flossie
* [Pamela Austin](/source/Pamela_Austin) as Betsy Potter
* [Milton Berle](/source/Milton_Berle) as Harry Fern
* [Arthur Batanides](/source/Arthur_Batanides) as Lee
* [Larry Hankin](/source/Larry_Hankin) as Snake
* Robert Liberman as Preacher
* [Edmund Cambridge](/source/Edmund_Cambridge) as Smith
* [Connie Sawyer](/source/Connie_Sawyer) as Aggie Potter
* [Alice Nunn](/source/Alice_Nunn) as Claire Beckendorf
* [Pat Morita](/source/Pat_Morita) as Turhan
* [Luana Anders](/source/Luana_Anders) as Alice Fern
* [Billy Sands](/source/Billy_Sands) as Randolph Sweet
* [Milton Frome](/source/Milton_Frome) as Foss
* [Pat Buttram](/source/Pat_Buttram) as Narrator (voice only; uncredited)
* [Penny Marshall](/source/Penny_Marshall) as Bank Teller (uncredited)
* [Billy Curtis](/source/Billy_Curtis) as Toy Cowboy (uncredited)
* [Ed Begley, Jr.](/source/Ed_Begley%2C_Jr.) (uncredited)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0067072|Evil Roy Slade}}

{{Jerry Paris}}

Category:1972 English-language films
Category:1972 television films
Category:1972 films
Category:1970s Western (genre) comedy films
Category:NBC original films
Category:Films directed by Jerry Paris
Category:American Western (genre) comedy films
Category:1972 American films
Category:English-language Western (genre) comedy films

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