The New Maverick

The New Maverick
Written by	Juanita Bartlett
Directed by	Hy Averback
Starring	James Garner Charles Frank Jack Kelly Susan Sullivan Susan Blanchard Eugene Roche
Country of origin	US
Original language	English
Production
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Running time	100 minutes
Original release
Release	1978 (1978)

The New Maverick is a 1978 made-for-TV movie based on the 1957 television series Maverick, with James Garner as Bret Maverick, Charles Frank as newcomer cousin Ben Maverick (son of Beau Maverick), Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, and Susan Sullivan as Poker Alice Ivers. Garner had been 29 years old at the beginning of the original series and was 50 while filming The New Maverick. The TV-movie was a pilot for the series Young Maverick, which featured Frank and only lasted a few episodes. Directed by Hy Averback and written by Juanita Bartlett, the movie was filmed while Garner's series The Rockford Files was on hiatus. Garner would later star in Bret Maverick, another attempt at a television series revival inspired by this TV-movie, for the 1981-82 season.

Cast

• James Garner as Bret Maverick
• Charles Frank as Ben Maverick
• Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick
• Susan Sullivan as Poker Alice Ivers
• Susan Blanchard as Nell McGarahan
• Eugene Roche as Austin Crupper
• George Loros as Vinnie Smith, Train Robber hired by Crupper
• Woodrow Parfrey as Leveque, Man from New Orleans
• Greg Allen as Dobie
• Helen Page Camp as Mrs. Flora Crupper
• Jack Garner as Homer, Vinnie's henchman
• Graham Jarvis as Undertaker Lambert
• Macon McCalman as Vanders the Las Vegas Hotel Desk Clerk
• B.J. Ward as B.J. Vinnie's Henchman

External links

• The New Maverick at IMDb
• Roy Huggins' Interview in the Archive of American Television
• James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
• James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999