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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 Milton Berle Edie Adams Dom Deluise |
Theme music composer | Murray MacLeod Stuart Margolin Jerry Riopelle James Prigmore |
Country of origin | United States |
Original language | English |
Production | |
Executive producer | Howie Horwitz |
Producers | Jerry Belson Garry Marshall |
Production locations | Universal Studios, 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California |
Cinematography | Sam Leavitt |
Editor | Richard M. Sprague |
Running time | 97 minutes (approx.) |
Production company | Universal Television |
Original release | |
Network | NBC |
Release | February 18, 1972 |
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 ]
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.
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