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Bret Maverick(1981)

ComedyWestern
First Air Date: 1981-12-01
Average Runtime: 1h 0m
Rating: 6.2
Votes: 8
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 18

Bret Maverick is a 1981-82 American Western television series starring James Garner in the role that made him famous in the 1957 series Maverick: a professional poker player traveling alone year after year through the Old West from riverboat to saloon. In this sequel series, Maverick has settled down in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory, where he owns a ranch and is co-owner of the town's saloon. However, Maverick is still always on the lookout for his next big score, and continues to gamble and practice various con games whenever the chance arises. The series was developed by Gordon Dawson, and produced by Garner's company Cherokee Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television.

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saloonranchmaverickwild west19th century

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Seasons & Episodes

Season 1

Episodes: 18
E01
The Lazy Ace (1)

Air Date: 1981-12-01

1h 0m

In what may very well be the last of the great poker games in the Old West, Bret wins ownership of the saloon and dec...

E02
The Lazy Ace (2)

Air Date: 1981-12-01

1h 0m

Former sheriff Tom Guthrie joins Bret as partner in the Red Ox saloon, to the dismay of the townspeople who just boot...

E03
Welcome to Sweetwater

Air Date: 1981-12-08

1h 0m

Maverick's reluctance to sell his ranch, the Lazy Ace, is the major stumbling block to bringing the railroad into Swe...

E04
Anything for a Friend

Air Date: 1981-12-15

1h 0m

A barn-raising celebration at Maverick's ranch helps him conceal Billy the Kid from authorities.

E05
The Yellow Rose

Air Date: 1981-12-22

1h 0m

Women's suffrage catches fire in Sweetwater and no one feels the heat more than Maverick, who's just won a Chinese gi...

E06
Horse of Yet Another Color

Air Date: 1982-01-05

1h 0m

Teddy Roosevelt comes to town to present an Indian chief with a horse from the president, but Maverick ends up winnin...

E07
Dateline: Sweetwater

Air Date: 1982-01-12

1h 0m

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

E08
The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

Air Date: 1982-02-02

1h 0m

It looks like Maverick is going to be hanged, unless he agrees to sell his life story to an ambitious historian.

E09
Hallie

Air Date: 1982-02-09

1h 0m

An old flame of Bret's shows up in Sweetwater, pursued by two homicidal brothers she swindled.

E10
The Ballad of Bret Maverick

Air Date: 1982-02-16

1h 0m

A stranger arrives in town, claiming to be in the process of finishing an epic ballad on the life and death of Bret M...

E11
A Night at the Red Ox

Air Date: 1982-02-23

1h 0m

Vigilantes take over the Red Ox saloon and put former sheriff Tom Guthrie on trial for crimes he allegedly committed ...

E12
The Not So Magnificent Six

Air Date: 1982-03-02

1h 0m

Six men who each want to gain a reputation as the one who killed the famous Bret Maverick have followed a western pul...

E13
The Vulture Also Rises

Air Date: 1982-03-16

1h 0m

When a stagecoach is attacked by Apaches and a woman is killed, the angry townspeople want to call in the cavalry.

E14
The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

Air Date: 1982-03-23

1h 0m

Bret exposes a crooked magician who is performing at the Red Ox.

E15
Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

Air Date: 1982-04-13

1h 0m

A religious charlatan dupes the townpeople so that he can obtain the rights to their land.

E16
Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

Air Date: 1982-04-20

1h 0m

Bret masterminds a con to get back the townsfolk's land, which was legally stolen by the clever leader of a religiou...

E17
The Rattlesnake Brigade

Air Date: 1982-04-27

1h 0m

Maverick and Guthrie are suckered into agreeing to protect a shipment of gold from a ruthless band of outlaws.

E18
The Hidalgo Thing

Air Date: 1982-05-04

1h 0m

Tom Guthrie, who is trying to get re-elected as sheriff, tries to get Maverick to keep a low profile, but Bret is wor...

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Top Cast

James Garner
James Garner
Bret Maverick
Richard Hamilton
Richard Hamilton
Cy Whittaker
Darleen Carr
Darleen Carr
Mary Lou Springer
Ramon Bieri
Ramon Bieri
Elijah Crow
No Photo
Ed Bruce
Tom Guthrie
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John Shearin
Sheriff Mitchel Dowd
David Knell
David Knell
Rodney Catlow