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Maverick · S5 · E6

Poker Face

  • TV-PG
  • Jan 7, 1962
  • 50 min

Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

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Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

Season 5

13 episodes
  1. 1Dade City Dodge

    50 minSep 17, 1961

    Bart tries to track down Pearly Gates, a smooth con man who cheated him out of $5000.

  2. 2The Art Lovers

    50 minOct 1, 1961

    When investors put the squeeze on railroad owner Paul Sutton, Bart tries to help by dealing with them directly — in a friendly card game.

  3. 3The Golden Fleecing

    50 minOct 8, 1961

    Bart forsakes the poker table for the stock market — and finds himself trying to bluff wealthy Loftus Jaggers and his glamorous daughter (Paula Raymond).

  4. 4Three Queens Full

    50 minNov 12, 1961

    Bart must either face two years in jail or chaperone three brides to their intendeds — the sons of wealthy Joe Wheelwright (Jim Backus).

  5. 5A Technical Error

    50 minNov 26, 1961

    Bart feels like a million when he wins a bank in a poker game. But unlucky Maverick soon learns the truth: the bank's broke — and so is he.

  6. 6Poker Face

    50 minJan 7, 1962Now viewing

    Bart's latest poker adventure has him playing for a full house: the lives of his fellow stagecoach passengers.

  7. 7Mr. Muldoon's Partner

    50 minFeb 11, 1962

    After being granted a wish by a "leprechaun," Bart faces a pot of trouble: he must be either jailed, murdered or married.

  8. 8Epitaph for a Gambler

    50 minMar 4, 1962

    Bart, waiting to collect on a $10,000 IOU, makes an uncomfortable observation: murder may be the pay-off in a gambler's life.

  9. 9The Maverick Report

    50 minMar 11, 1962

    Crusading newspaper publisher Bart? The publisher Bart won the rag from is assassinated and a corrupt U.S. Senator files a $100,000 libel suit against the Chronicle. Luckily, Bart's pal Doc Holiday is in town for a dentists' convention and owes Bart $2000. When Doc brags "I have enough collateral to raise the dead!", Bart feels no compunction in selling ½ the headache to Doc. The senator and his sinister political boss are Ivy Leaguers, so the suave Philadelphia dentist/hired gun will come in handy.

  10. 10Marshal Maverick

    50 minApr 1, 1962

    Bart is closer to tears than laughter when he is forced to battle the funniest and fastest gun in the West.

  11. 11The Troubled Heir

    50 minApr 8, 1962

    Life is anything but heaven when Bart meets Pearly Gates and his girl, who steal Maverick's poker winnings so they can be married.

  12. 12The Money Machine

    50 minApr 15, 1962

    A money-making machine costs Bart a bundle. His cousin (Kathy Bennett) has just bought one with the $10,000 he lent her.

  13. 13One of Our Trains is Missing

    50 minApr 22, 1962

    While trying to get a young girl's romance back on the right track, Bart gets involved in a train robbery to end all train robberies.

Guest stars

Rodolfo Acosta
William Fawcett
Doris Lloyd
Tol AveryGeorge Cross
Anna Navarro