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Maverick

  • TV-PG
  • 1957–1962
  • 5 seasons
  • Comedy, Western
  • 7.0

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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

Episodes

27 episodes
  1. 1War of the Silver Kings

    49 minSep 22, 1957

    Bret Maverick takes down a money-hungry gambler in the town of Echo Springs. He befriends an old drunk, who turns out to be a successful judge. Maverick strikes a deal with the gambler, Phineas King, to merge the ""silver lady"" mine with ""the new hope"" mine.

  2. 2Point Blank

    49 minSep 29, 1957

    Bret meets a delightful and cunning girl (Karen Steele). Within minutes, she makes plans for his future — a permanent plot on boot hill.

  3. 3According to Hoyle

    49 minOct 6, 1957

    Samantha Crawford is a con artist employed by George Cross. Cross once lost $50,000 to Bret Maverick and is determined to get it back. Two riverboat owners staked Maverick $5,000 which he promptly loses to Samantha. Samantha claims Cross is her father and needs the money to get out of jail. Maverick forms a partnership with Samantha and purchases gambling equipment in a scheme to put Joe Riggs, a crooked game room owner, out of business. Samantha and Cross doublecross Maverick by selling the equipment to Riggs.

  4. 4Ghost Rider

    49 minOct 13, 1957

    A woman who'd been traveling with Bret suddenly disappears. Looking into things he discovers that she'd been reported dead more than a week ago.

  5. 5The Long Hunt

    50 minOct 20, 1957

    Bret tries to prove the innocence of a man serving a life sentence. But there's someone who wants the prisoner to stay where he is.

  6. 6Stage West

    49 minOct 27, 1957

    Fleeing a band of angry Native Americans, Bret takes shelter in a way station where a family of nasty outlaws are planning their bloodiest deal.

  7. 7Relic of Fort Tejon

    49 minNov 3, 1957

    Bret wins a camel in a card game and ends up using her to bring a crooked gambling den owner to justice.

  8. 8Hostage!

    49 minNov 10, 1957

    Bret Maverick meets up with brother Bart in New Orleans where they plan to obtain passage on a riverboat where big money poker games are held but end up getting involved in the kidnapping of the riverboat owner's daughter instead.

  9. 9Stampede

    49 minNov 17, 1957

    Bret and Dandy Jim Buckley bet heavily on a boxing match but when their fighter withdraws it's up to Bret himself to step into the squared circle.

  10. 10The Jeweled Gun

    49 minNov 24, 1957

    Bart agrees to pose as the husband of a woman who's traveling through the badlands. Big mistake because he soon finds himself the target of a killer.

  11. 11The Wrecker

    49 minDec 1, 1957

    Bart takes to the sea after buying a derelict cargo ship. The wreck is extremely valuable and he wants to know why.

  12. 12The Quick and the Dead

    49 minDec 8, 1957

    The only person who can clear Bret of a robbery charge has been marked for death by the notorious gunfighter/gambler Doc Holliday.

  13. 13The Naked Gallows

    49 minDec 15, 1957

    Bart pokes his nose into an unsolved murder case and ends up facing the business end of a killer's .45.

  14. 14Comstock Conspiracy

    49 minDec 29, 1957

    Arriving in the mining boom town of Virginia City, Bret gets involved with a mining engineer in his struggle for improved working conditions.

  15. 15The Third Rider

    49 minJan 5, 1958

    Bart gets involved with two devious couples in this episode which sees him trying to clear himself of a bank robbery and a murder.

  16. 16Rage For Vengeance

    49 minJan 12, 1958

    Bret is happy to escort a lovely widow to the bank with a large sum of cash - until he learns the money is counterfeit.

  17. 17Rope of Cards

    49 minJan 19, 1958

    It's shades of 12 Angry Men when Bret becomes the lone holdout for a not guilty verdict in a murder trial. He has to use a long shot card trick to convince the other jurors that the defendant might be innocent.

  18. 18Diamond in the Rough

    49 minJan 26, 1958

    After being beaten up, robbed, and shanghaied, Bart sets out to expose the man responsible, a respected member of San Francisco society, as a diamond swindler.

  19. 19Day of Reckoning

    49 minFeb 2, 1958

    Fearless Bret feels it's about time someone did something about the town bully so he asks the townspeople to do something.

  20. 20The Savage Hills

    49 minFeb 9, 1958

    Against his better judgment, Bart teams up with Samantha Crawford to recover stolen Treasury plates.

  21. 21Trail West to Fury

    49 minFeb 16, 1958

    During a hellacious rainstorm the brothers Maverick relate to pal Dandy Jim Buckley about the time in Texas shortly after the Civil War when they searched far and wide for a tall man who could clear them of a murder charge.

  22. 22The Burning Sky

    49 minFeb 23, 1958

    In the desert, an Indian ambush leaves Bart and other stagecoach passengers to battle their attackers, each other, and the sun.

  23. 23The Seventh Hand

    49 minMar 2, 1958

    Samantha Crawford arranges for Bret to sit in on a high stakes poker game but he's the fall guy when the game gets robbed.

  24. 24Plunder of Paradise

    49 minMar 9, 1958

    There's gold in them thar hills, and Bart Maverick and Big Mike McComb are out to get it. But so are four nasty Mexican banditos.

  25. 25Black Fire

    49 minMar 16, 1958

    The heirs of millionaire General Eakins are being killed off one by one so why is Bret Maverick so worried? He's posing as one of the heirs and might be the next intended victim.

  26. 26Burial Ground of the Gods

    50 minMar 30, 1958

    Bart Maverick is in search of a thief who stole his money but gets sidetracked into accompanying a young woman searching for her missing husband into forbidden Sioux territory.

  27. 27Seed of Deception

    50 minApr 13, 1958

    After they arrive in an Arizona town, Bret and Bart are mistaken for Wyatt Earp and Doc Holliday and end up preventing a bank robbery.

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Series cast

Jack KellyBart Maverick124 episodes
James GarnerBret Maverick79 episodes
Roger MooreJohn Vandergelt33 episodes
Kathleen Crowley8 episodes
Chubby JohnsonSimmons7 episodes
Tol AveryJohn Sloan7 episodes
Harry HarveyCapt. Owens7 episodes
Gerald MohrGus Tellson7 episodes
Hal TaggartExpress Agent (uncredited)7 episodes
Gage ClarkeLuke Harper7 episodes
Lane ChandlerLawson (uncredited)6 episodes
Frank Ferguson6 episodes
Will WrightSheriff Chester Bentley6 episodes
Peter BreckDoc Holliday6 episodes
Richard ReevesMonty6 episodes
Leo GordonBig Mike McComb5 episodes
Sig Ruman5 episodes
Mickey Simpson5 episodes

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