That was an excellent one.

Just perfect...

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

There is definitely an excellent idea hidden in the background of the film. Unfortunately, it's difficult to find it.

The theme song begins: "Evil Roy Slade makes fun of old people..." This movie has no weaknesses. Astin's facial expressions alone could carry it. The jokes never let up. I suspect the weighting factor on this movie is an ignorance on the part of the weigher of the broad, campy comedies of that era. It is either that, or the weigher is totally bereft of a sense of humor. I suggest the weigher watch and attempt to understand "The Great Race", "Murder By Death", "The Cheap Detective" (interestingly all three of these contain Peter Falk), "The Villain", "Casino Royale", and "What's New Pussycat" (These last two have Peter Sellers.). "Get Smart" and "Batman" are television examples. "Evil Roy Slade" gives several actors opportunities to deliver beautifully written lines, which they do with great style. I searched for years and finally got a DVD of it (I don't remember where.). John Astin is a genius.

Cult Classic 1970s movie. Decent production values and amazing comedic writing, it is hard to believe that it was made for TV and not an original cinema release. Great writing and John Astin (Mr. Addams in the Addams family TV show and Sean Astin's adopted father) was simultaneously hilarious and sublime. Parallel to Steve Martin's "The Jerk", the Evil Roy character was abandoned at birth and had to make his own way in the world. Evil Roy grew up tough and the "meanest villain in the West" but softens when he meets a schoolmarm. The late (and crazy) Dick Shawn was brilliant as Marshall Bing Bell ("Someone's at the door"). Although this movie probably hasn't aged well in the You Tube generation, it remains one of my favorite comedies... and more importantly to me ... it was my Dad's favorite comedy of all time.

I saw this when i was twelve years old in 1972, and loved it. I don't believe I saw it again until last night.Now I've been disappointed a few times by movies and TV shows that I thought were wonderful once upon a time when I viewed them later in life. But this flick is simply excellent. John Astin is one of our great comedic actors, and he was at his best here.While it's a tame made-for-TV movie, that doesn't hurt its comedy at all. E.g. the blacksmith was a black man named Smith. Very Blazing Saddles. ;-) Watch this movie if you love humor, and watch it with your kids or grandkids, because it has the added plus of being squeaky-clean. It's only a little over 90 minutes, you'll love every second.

This is one of my all time favourite comedy movies. There are so many gags and one liners. One of the funniest; Evil Roy is firing his gun through an open window from inside a house during a shootout. Realising that the window is in fact open, he reaches up, pulls the sash shut, smashes the glass with his pistol and carries on shooting; thus maintaining his "evilness". The casting is perfect and the whole project gels together to make a memorable film. John Astin is hilarious as Evil Roy. Not only does he deliver his lines perfectly his pantomime and facial expressions are fantastic. I imagine that this movie is very well known in the US. Not too many people in the UK have heard of it. I'd be very interested to know if this is the case.