Evil Roy Slade

{{Short description|1972 comedy television film directed by Jerry Paris}}

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| image = Evil Roy Slade VHS cover.jpg

| image_size = 200

| caption = VHS cover for Evil Roy Slade

| genre = Comedy
Western

| writer = Jerry Belson
Garry Marshall

| director = Jerry Paris

| starring = John Astin
Pamela Austin
Mickey Rooney
Dick Shawn
Henry Gibson
Milton Berle
Edie Adams
Dom Deluise

| theme_music_composer = Murray MacLeod
Stuart Margolin
Jerry Riopelle
James Prigmore

| country = United States

| language = English

| executive_producer = Howie Horwitz

| producer = Jerry Belson
Garry Marshall

| editor = Richard M. Sprague

| location = Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California

| cinematography = Sam Leavitt

| runtime = 97 minutes (approx.)

| company = Universal Television

| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1972|02|18}}

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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.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}}

Plot

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (John Astin) grew up raised by buzzards—save for his teddy bear—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the West", so he is thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolmarm Betsy Potter (Pamela Austin). Nelson L. Stool (Mickey Rooney), a railroad tycoon, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (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) to bring Slade to justice.

Cast

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