The New Maverick

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The New Maverick
Directed by	Hy Averback
Written by	Juanita Bartlett
Starring	James Garner Jack Kelly
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Editing by	Diane Adler George R. Rohrs
Release date(s)	1978
Running time	100 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Preceded by	Maverick
Followed by	Young Maverick
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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. 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 revival inspired by this TV-movie, for a single season.

Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick

[edit] 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 ... Vinnie Smith, Train Robber hired by Crupper
Woodrow Parfrey ... Leveque, Man from New Orleans
Greg Allen ... Dobie
Helen Page Camp ... Mrs. Flora Crupper
Jack Garner ... Homer, Vinnie's henchman
Graham Jarvis ... Undertaker Lambert
Macon McCalman ... Vanders the Las Vegas Hotel Desk Clerk
B.J. Ward ... B.J. Vinnie's Henchman