Evil Roy Slade (1972)

The meanest villain in the West falls for a pretty schoolteacher and tries to change his ways, but a determined (and egomaniacal) singing sheriff is out to capture him.

Director:

Jerry Paris

Writers:

Jerry Belson, Garry Marshall

Stars:

Mickey Rooney, Dick Shawn, Henry Gibson

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mickey Rooney	...	Nelson Stool
Dick Shawn	...	Marshal Bing Bell
Henry Gibson	...	Clifford Stool
Dom DeLuise	...	Logan Delp
Edie Adams	...	Flossie
Pamela Austin	...	Betsy Potter
Milton Berle	...	Harry Fern
John Astin	...	Evil Roy Slade
Arthur Batanides	...	Lee
Larry Hankin	...	Snake
Robert Liberman	...	Preacher
Ed Cambridge	...	Smith
Connie Sawyer	...	Aggie Potter
Alice Nunn	...	Claire Beckendorf
Pat Morita	...	Turhan

Storyline

Evil Roy Slade, the meanest villain the West has known, meets a beautiful young woman who persuades him to change careers from train robber to family man. He is pursued by Marshal Bing Bell, while a helpful psychologist teaches him to live without weapons.

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Plot Keywords:

character name as title | accountant | mafia accountant | reference to an accountant | visor | 

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Taglines:

He's the Most Wanted and the Most Hilarious Outlaw in the West.

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

18 February 1972 (USA)

Also Known As:

Evil Roy Slade

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

97 min 120 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Based on characters created in the 1969 pilot for an unproduced series entitled "Sheriff Who?", so called because every week there would be a new sheriff (played by a guest star), who would be killed by Evil Roy Slade.

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Goofs

When Evil Roy Slade realizes he has the short cowboy's hat on, he grabs the hat and starts to take it off. Then when the short cowboy hands Evil Roy the correct hat, Evil Roy still has the short cowboy's hat on.

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Quotes

Betsy Potter: Let's try some arithmetic. If you had six apples and your neighbor took three apples. What would you have?
Evil Roy Slade: A dead neighbor and all six apples.

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Connections

References It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963)

User Reviews

Rolling on the floor funny

I saw this movie late at night on television while visiting a friend in Los Angeles in the mid 1970's. My friend was actually rolling around on the floor because he was laughing so hard. Although I haven't seen it since, I still remember it as the funniest movie I have ever seen. Maybe it was partly because it was late at night, but we were both sober. I think it was much funnier than Blazing Saddles and much less offensive. After thirty years, some of the scenes are still clear in my mind, such as Slade taking off all his weapons or persuading his horse to make the jump over a wide ditch. It's almost like an American Western version of a Marx Brothers movie. I don't remember anything dirty in it, so even young children would enjoy watching it. I'd really like to see it again myself.