Originally, "Evil Roy Slade" was supposed to be a TV series...and I think it would have worked better as one. This is because although I liked the idea, the show had trouble maintaining its comedy through the course of the film.
Roy is the most evil and nasty villain in the old west. He was so awful as a child, after the wagon train with him was destroyed, the Natives refused to raise him. The wolves were likeminded...and poor Roy was forced to fend for himself since childhood.
During the course of a bank robbery, Roy is doing what he loves to do most...stealing, terrorizing and stealing kisses from women. However, when he meets Betsy, he's infatuated...and eventually she convinces Roy to sneak back East and give up his life of evil. What's next? See the film.
The show is VERY tongue-in-cheek and many of the jokes are groaners....but that is actually much of the film's strength. It's more cartoony than anything else. What it's not great at is his time in Boston...where the momentum of the earlier part of the story slows to a crawl. It's not terrible...but it really has you wishing Roy had just stayed out West being a jerk! Still, it is mildly enjoyable and John Astin is fun in the lead.
Roy is the most evil and nasty villain in the old west. He was so awful as a child, after the wagon train with him was destroyed, the Natives refused to raise him. The wolves were likeminded...and poor Roy was forced to fend for himself since childhood.
During the course of a bank robbery, Roy is doing what he loves to do most...stealing, terrorizing and stealing kisses from women. However, when he meets Betsy, he's infatuated...and eventually she convinces Roy to sneak back East and give up his life of evil. What's next? See the film.
The show is VERY tongue-in-cheek and many of the jokes are groaners....but that is actually much of the film's strength. It's more cartoony than anything else. What it's not great at is his time in Boston...where the momentum of the earlier part of the story slows to a crawl. It's not terrible...but it really has you wishing Roy had just stayed out West being a jerk! Still, it is mildly enjoyable and John Astin is fun in the lead.