''Evil Roy Slade'' is a 1972 American

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about the "meanest villain in the

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". It was directed by

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and co-produced and co-written by

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. The film is considered a

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Plot

Orphaned and left in the desert as an infant, Evil Roy Slade (

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) grew up raised by buzzards—save for his

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—and mean. As an adult, he is notorious for being the "meanest villain in the

", so he is thrown for quite a loop when he falls for sweet schoolmarm Betsy Potter ( Pamela Austin). Nelson L. Stool (

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), a railroad tycoon, along with his dimwitted nephew Clifford (

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), 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

as Evil Roy Slade *

as Nelson L. Stool * Dick Shawn as Marshal Bing Bell *

as Clifford Stool * Dom DeLuise as Dr. Logan Delp * Edie Adams as Flossie * Pamela Austin as Betsy Potter * Milton Berle as Harry Fern * Arthur Batanides as Lee *

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as Snake * Robert Liberman as Preacher * Edmund Cambridge as Smith * Connie Sawyer as Aggie Potter * Alice Nunn as Claire Beckendorf * Pat Morita as Turhan * Luana Anders as Alice Fern * Billy Sands as Randolph Sweet * Milton Frome as Foss *

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as Narrator (voice only; uncredited) *

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as Bank Teller (uncredited) * Billy Curtis as Toy Cowboy (uncredited) * Ed Begley, Jr. (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1970s English-language films 1972 television films 1972 films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films NBC original films Films directed by Jerry Paris American Western (genre) comedy films 1970s American films English-language Western (genre) comedy films {{1970s-US-film-stub