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Maverick is an American Western television series with comedic overtones created by Roy Huggins and originally starring James Garner as an adroitly articulate poker player plying his trade on riverboats and in saloons while traveling incessantly through the 19th-century American frontier.
Maverick: Created by Roy Huggins. With Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Lane Chandler. Bret and Bart Maverick are well-dressed gamblers who migrate from town to town always looking for a good game.
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- 1957-09-22
- Western
- 60
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- "Maverick" is an adaptation of the 1957-1962 TV series of the same name, which starred James Garner as Bret Maverick.
- Garner played a very different role in this remake as Marshal Zane Cooper. The name is an homage to influential Western writer Zane Grey and actor Gary Cooper.
- The film includes cameo appearances from many popular country music singers, including Reba McEntire, Waylon Jennings, Hal Ketchum, Carlene Carter and Vince Gill.
- Paul Newman was originally offered the role of Bret Maverick, but ultimately turned it down when the producers failed to meet his salary requirements.
Sep 12, 2020 · Starring James Garner in the role that would largely define his career, as well as underrated Jack Kelly (and a host of excellent supporting players), Maverick, created by TV’s legendary producer Roy Huggins, is just as loose and fresh and smart-assed as it was over fifty years ago when it delighted its Sunday night audiences all those years ago.
The Maverick television show might be over 60 years old, but most of the stories are as interesting today as ever. The whole show blends some of that classic film era fashion and style with the good old west cowboy world. A bit of interpretive history is blended in for story foundation.
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.
In Theaters At Home TV Shows. After more than thirty years of service as one of the Navy’s top aviators, Pete “Maverick” Mitchell (Tom Cruise) is where he belongs, pushing the envelope as a...
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- Action, Adventure
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