Evil Roy Slade

Evil Roy Slade
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Genre	Comedy Western
Written by	Jerry Belson Garry Marshall
Directed by	Jerry Paris
Starring	John Astin Pamela Austin Mickey Rooney Dick Shawn Henry Gibson Pat Buttram
Theme music composer	Murray MacLeod Stuart Margolin Jerry Riopelle James Prigmore
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
Production
Executive producer(s)	Howie Horwitz
Producer(s)	Jerry Belson Garry Marshall
Location(s)	Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California
Cinematography	Sam Leavitt
Editor(s)	Richard M. Sprague
Running time	97 minutes (approx.)
Production company(s)	Universal Television
Distributor	NBC
Release
Original network	NBC
Original release	February 18, 1972

Evil Roy Slade is a 1972 made-for-television spoof-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.

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). 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.

Although it was a 1970s made-for-TV movie, many baby boomers consider the film a cult classic. Some popular quotes are "He's a born showman", "A dead neighbor and all six apples", and "Your ruby red lips taste like prairie dust". 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.

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