Queye TV Bret Maverick
Comedy
Western
Bret Maverick
TV-PG
1981
1:0
1 Seasons 18 Episodes
★ 6.2
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.

Episodes

The Lazy Ace (1)
Episode 1

The Lazy Ace (1)

In what may very well be the last of the great poker games in the Old West, Bret wins ownership of the saloon and decides to settle down in the town of Sweetwater in the Arizona Territory. (Part 1 of 2)

60m
The Lazy Ace (2)
Episode 2

The Lazy Ace (2)

Former sheriff Tom Guthrie joins Bret as partner in the Red Ox saloon, to the dismay of the townspeople who just booted the old-fashioned lawman out of office.

60m
Welcome to Sweetwater
Episode 3

Welcome to Sweetwater

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

60m
Anything for a Friend
Episode 4

Anything for a Friend

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

60m
The Yellow Rose
Episode 5

The Yellow Rose

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

60m
Horse of Yet Another Color
Episode 6

Horse of Yet Another Color

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

60m
Dateline: Sweetwater
Episode 7

Dateline: Sweetwater

Eastern financial interests attempt a takeover of Sweetwater businesses.

60m
The Mayflower Women's Historical Society
Episode 8

The Mayflower Women's Historical Society

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

60m
Hallie
Episode 9

Hallie

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

60m
The Ballad of Bret Maverick
Episode 10

The Ballad of Bret Maverick

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

60m
A Night at the Red Ox
Episode 11

A Night at the Red Ox

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

60m
The Not So Magnificent Six
Episode 12

The Not So Magnificent Six

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

60m
The Vulture Also Rises
Episode 13

The Vulture Also Rises

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

60m
The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur
Episode 14

The Eight Swords of Dyrus and Other Illusions of Grandeur

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

60m
Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)
Episode 15

Faith, Hope and Clarity (1)

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

60m
Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)
Episode 16

Faith, Hope and Clarity (2)

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

60m
The Rattlesnake Brigade
Episode 17

The Rattlesnake Brigade

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

60m
The Hidalgo Thing
Episode 18

The Hidalgo Thing

Tom Guthrie, who is trying to get re-elected as sheriff, tries to get Maverick to keep a low profile, but Bret is working on the biggest con of his life and isn't going to stop now.

60m

Cast

James Garner

Bret Maverick

Richard Hamilton

Cy Whittaker

Darleen Carr

Mary Lou Springer

Ramon Bieri

Elijah Crow

Ed Bruce

Tom Guthrie

John Shearin

Sheriff Mitchel Dowd

David Knell

Rodney Catlow

Crew

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