Slattery's People — Season 1, Episode 1: Question: What is Truth?
Drama • 60 min • 2 seasons, 36 episodes • ★ 7.0/10
Episode synopsis
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.
About Slattery's People
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.
More episodes from Season 1
- E2Question: Why the Lonely, Why the Misbegotten?
- E3Question: Remember the Dark Sins of Youth?
- E4Question: Whatever Happened to Ezra?
- E5Question: What are You Doing Out There, Waldo?
- E6Question: What Became of the White Tortilla?
- E7Question: Where Vanished the Tragic Piper?
- E8Question: Is Laura the Name of the Game?
- E9Question: What's a Genius Worth This Week?
- E10Question: What Is Honor, What Is Death?
- E11Question: Do the Ignorant Sleep in Pure White Beds?
- E12Question: Which One Has the Privilege?
- E13Question: How Long Is the Shadow of a Man?