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Slattery's People

7.0/10 1964 1h 0m TV Show

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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.

Top 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

Episodes

Season 1 Season 2

Question: What is Truth?

Sep 21, 1964

Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?

Sep 28, 1964

Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?

Oct 05, 1964

Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?

Oct 12, 1964

Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?

Oct 19, 1964

Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?

Oct 26, 1964

Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?

Nov 02, 1964

Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?

Nov 09, 1964

Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?

Nov 16, 1964

Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?

Nov 23, 1964

Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?

Nov 30, 1964

Question: Which One Has the Privilege?

Dec 07, 1964

Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?

Jan 01, 1965

Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?

Jan 08, 1965

Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?

Jan 15, 1965

Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?

Jan 22, 1965

Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?

Feb 05, 1965

Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise?

Feb 12, 1965

Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?

Feb 19, 1965

Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?

Feb 26, 1965

Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?

Mar 05, 1965

Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?

Mar 12, 1965

Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?

Mar 19, 1965

Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?

Apr 02, 1965

Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?

Apr 09, 1965

Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?

Apr 16, 1965