The greatest movie ever made..!

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

Super comedy, let's have this on DVD. I watched this movie as a teenager with my family and we loved it! My dad was a big western fan and he laughed all the way through the movie. My brothers and I grew up on classic westerns and then the anti-hero westerns of Clint Eastwood. I for one did not believe that a western could also be a comedy. This film really works. Evil Roy is a memorable character and will make you chuckle for days, weeks and years after wards. This movie has great performances and a script that is funny by parodying the genre. However there is nothing mean or nasty here, there is a real affection for the traditional western.

Evil Roy Slade (Made For TV, 1972, director: Jerry Paris) - I first saw this movie when I was a small child (in an era of rather clever movies of the week), and then a few more times after that. I have not viewed it in over 25 years, however, but I still recall it being one of the funniest films I ever saw. The humor was dark enough to attract my laughs, but not insulting or offensive (somewhere along the line, Hollywood forgot how to walk this delicate balance). Slade (John Astin, Gomez on TV's "Addams Family")is orphaned after a wagon train is attacked by Indians. No one (even the native-Americans or wolves) will aid him, so he ends up being raised by vultures with just an old teddy bear for a companion. Naturally, he grows up mean and vile, eventually becoming the leader of a gang of bank robbers. During a heist, he meets pretty schoolmarm Betsy (Pam Austin) and it's love at first sight.After he quits the gang, Becky tries to reform him, but railroad executive Mr. Stool (Mickey Rooney), hires retired singing sheriff, Big Bell (Dick Shawn, "It's A Mad, Mad Mad, Mad World") to capture the reforming outlaw. With Dom DeLuise, Milton Berle, Edie Adams, John Ritter (later to star on "Three's Company"), Pat Morita (of "Karate Kid" fame) and narrated by Pat Butrum (Mr. Haney on "Green Acres"), "Evil Roy Slade" was one laugh riot from beginning to end. Maybe it's nostalgia for those good old days, but with others out there expressing the same viewpoint, I believe this picture still holds up well today.Funniest line of dialogue that I remember: Betsy is trying to teach Slade mathematics. She asks, "You have three apples, and your neighbor has three apples. If he takes three of your apples, what do you have?" Slade: "A dead neighbor and all six apples."

A blacksmith who is black and named Smith? How cool! I have spent years trying to convince TV channels in Australia that this is a 'must get' movie, which has an enormous cult following, but without success much to my disgust. Any release on DVD for the Aussie market would be a sales triumph as we are a nation of bent senses of humour; maybe I could persuade someone in Thailand or Bali to do a crack but I can't afford the airfare. Never mind, I'm saving hard. Love this web page; it's on my favourites.John Astin shows that zany side of his comedic identity that made him a legend as Gomez Addams and I can't remember laughing so much since the last time I watched this same movie. It's a triumph among those of the genre. Hecmacd. Warrnambool Australia.

I loved this movie when I first saw it. I used to have guys over to watch and we would be rolling on the floor laughing. We have an unofficial club that often quotes some of the lines. I even made my wife get up at 2 a.m. to watch it (1977, no VCR at the time). She was not keen at the time but loves it now.The characters, John Astin, Mickey Rooney and the rest, were spectacular in their roles. Some of my favourite scenes are the "shoe horn", "close window to break with gun before shooting", "many of my friends met their maker swinging like that", actually the list is endless.Another classic comment about this movie is that no one gets killed (well almost no one). Even though they are shooting at each other within a couple of feet, they all seem to miss hitting one another. This adds to the humorous aspect of the truly funny movie.I too wish this was on DVD. I cannot understand why NBC or whomever does not put out a DVD copy. Fantastic movie. If you want a side splitter this would be the best movie to get or rent..