The New Maverick

The New Maverick
Genre	Western
Written by	Juanita Bartlett
Directed by	Hy Averback
Starring	James Garner Charles Frank Jack Kelly Susan Sullivan Susan Blanchard Eugene Roche
Music by	John Rubinstein
Country of origin	U.S.
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Meta Rosenberg
Producer	Robert Foster
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Editors	Diane Adler George R. Rohrs
Running time	100 minutes
Production companies	Cherokee Productions Warner Bros. Television
Original release
Network	ABC
Release	September 3, 1978

The New Maverick is a 1978 American made-for-television western film based on the 1957–1962 television series Maverick starring 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.

James Garner and Jack Kelly had been 29 and 30 years old, respectively, at the beginning of the original series and were 50 and 51 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