Slattery's People (1964)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Richard Crenna
James Slattery
Paul Geary
Johnny Ramos / Ramos
Tol Avery
Speaker Bert Metcalf / Metcaff / Speaker Metcaff
Alejandro Rey
Mike Valera
Maxine Stuart
B.J. Clawson / B.J. / B. J. Clawson
James E. Moser
Writer
Francine York
Wendy Wendkoski
Ed Asner
Frank Radcliff / Frank Radcliffe
Kathie Browne
Liz Andrews
Irving Elman
Producer
Sidney Clute
Donald Bremin / Owen Gregory / Representative Sam Norris
Len Wayland
Carstairs / Jacob Henderson / Mike Harcourt
Robert Stevenson
Chairman / Harry Finster / Webster
Robert Gist
Director
Lamont Johnson
Director
Mark Rydell
Director
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Slattery's People is a 1964–65 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. Episodes opened with the following admonition: "Democracy is a very bad form of government. But I ask you never to forget: All the others are so much worse."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.” This series was a major career change for Crenna. Following more than a decade as a lead actor in two popular network comedies, Our Miss Brooks and The Real McCoys, his role as Jim Slattery opened doors for later guest appearances in several dramatic programs and feature films.
Moser's script for the pilot ("Question: What is truth?") 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.