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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.

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21st September 1964 - 26th November 1965
Producer
Irving Elman
Top Cast
Richard CrennaEd AsnerTol Avery
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Question: What is Truth?
21st September 1964

Episode 1

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.

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Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?
28th September 1964

Episode 2

No overview available.

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Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?
5th October 1964

Episode 3

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Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
12th October 1964

Episode 4

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Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?
19th October 1964

Episode 5

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Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?
26th October 1964

Episode 6

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

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Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?
2nd November 1964

Episode 7

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Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?
9th November 1964

Episode 8

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Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?
16th November 1964

Episode 9

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Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?
23rd November 1964

Episode 10

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Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?
30th November 1964

Episode 11

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Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
7th December 1964

Episode 12

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Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?
1st January 1965

Episode 13

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Question: What Is a Requiem for a Loser?
8th January 1965

Episode 14

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Question: What Did You Do All Day, Mr. Slattery?
15th January 1965

Episode 15

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Question: How Do You Fall in Love with a Town?
22nd January 1965

Episode 16

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5th February 1965

Episode 17

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12th February 1965

Episode 18

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Question: When Do We Hang the Good Samaritan?
19th February 1965

Episode 19

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Question: Is Democracy Too Expensive?
26th February 1965

Episode 20

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Question: Did He Who Made the Lamb Make Thee?
5th March 1965

Episode 21

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Question: Who You Taking to the Main Event, Eddie?
12th March 1965

Episode 22

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Question: What's New in Timbuctoo?
19th March 1965

Episode 23

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Question: Bill Bailey, Why Did You Come Home?
2nd April 1965

Episode 24

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Question: What Time is the Next Bandwagon?
9th April 1965

Episode 25

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Question: What's a Swan Song for a Sparrow?
16th April 1965

Episode 26

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