Slattery's People

7.060m19642 seasons

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Slattery's People is a 1964-1965 American television series about local politics starring Richard Crenna as title character James Slattery, a state legislator, co-starring Ed Asner and Tol Avery, and featuring Carroll O'Connor and Warren Oates in a couple of episodes each. James E. Moser was executive producer. The program, telecast on CBS, was nominated for a Golden Globe Award. Slattery's People is mainly notable for having been one of the few American television series spotlighting the travails of local politicians, a topic that other programs of the period mainly avoided. Many television critics highly praised the series. Many politicians also approved of the program. U.S. Representative James C. Corman said in a Congressional Record statement on September 30, 1964, “I am pleased that they have taken the high road to show a legislator’s life, and have not pandered to sensationalism or unreality to stimulate an audience following.” Moser's script for the pilot was printed as an appendix in Teleplay; an introduction to television writing by Coles Trapnell. Television composer Nathan Scott wrote the theme music for Slattery's People.

Cast

Richard Crenna

James Slattery

Ed Asner

Frank Radcliff

Tol Avery

Bert Metcalf

Alejandro Rey

Mike Valera

Kathie Browne

Liz Andrews

Francine York

Wendy Wendkoski

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Episodes

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Question: What is Truth?

1964-09-21 · 60m

Slattery is named to head a committee investigating charges against his friend and fellow legislator Harry Sanborn, who is accused of willfully and illegally killing a piece of legislation he opposed.

Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?

1964-09-28 · 60m

Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?

1964-10-05 · 60m

Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?

1964-10-12 · 60m

Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?

1964-10-19 · 60m

Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?

1964-10-26 · 60m

Ricardo Montalban played a Hispanic legislator-""the white tortilla""who tries to pass a bill without any co-sponsors.

Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?