Slattery's People (Season 1)

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.

  • Poster for Question: What is Truth?

    Question: What is Truth? (Episode 1)

    Air date: 1964-09-21

    Runtime: 60 min

    Overview: 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.

  • Poster for Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?

    Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten? (Episode 2)

    Air date: 1964-09-28

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?

    Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth? (Episode 3)

    Air date: 1964-10-05

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?

    Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra? (Episode 4)

    Air date: 1964-10-12

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?

    Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo? (Episode 5)

    Air date: 1964-10-19

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?

    Question: What Became of the White Tortilla? (Episode 6)

    Air date: 1964-10-26

    Runtime: 60 min

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

  • Poster for Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?

    Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper? (Episode 7)

    Air date: 1964-11-02

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?

    Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game? (Episode 8)

    Air date: 1964-11-09

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?

    Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week? (Episode 9)

    Air date: 1964-11-16

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?

    Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death? (Episode 10)

    Air date: 1964-11-23

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?

    Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds? (Episode 11)

    Air date: 1964-11-30

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Which One Has the Privilege?

    Question: Which One Has the Privilege? (Episode 12)

    Air date: 1964-12-07

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?

    Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man? (Episode 13)

    Air date: 1965-01-01

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?

    Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser? (Episode 14)

    Air date: 1965-01-08

    Runtime: 60 min

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

    Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery? (Episode 15)

    Air date: 1965-01-15

    Runtime: 60 min

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

    Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town? (Episode 16)

    Air date: 1965-01-22

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit?

    Question: Does Nero Still at Ringside Sit? (Episode 17)

    Air date: 1965-02-05

    Runtime: 60 min

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

    Question: How Do You Catch a Cool Bird of Paradise? (Episode 18)

    Air date: 1965-02-12

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?

    Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan? (Episode 19)

    Air date: 1965-02-19

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?

    Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive? (Episode 20)

    Air date: 1965-02-26

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?

    Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee? (Episode 21)

    Writer: William P. McGivern

    Air date: 1965-03-05

    Runtime: 60 min

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

    Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie? (Episode 22)

    Air date: 1965-03-12

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?

    Question: What's New in Timbuctoo? (Episode 23)

    Air date: 1965-03-19

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?

    Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home? (Episode 24)

    Air date: 1965-04-02

    Runtime: 60 min

  • Poster for Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?

    Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon? (Episode 25)

    Air date: 1965-04-09

    Runtime: 60 min

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

    Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow? (Episode 26)

    Air date: 1965-04-16

    Runtime: 60 min

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