| Duel at Sundown | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western Comedy |
| Written by | Howard Browne (story) Richard Collins (teleplay) |
| Directed by | Arthur Lubin |
| Starring | James Garner Clint Eastwood |
| Theme music composer | David Buttolph Paul Francis Webster |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | William T. Orr |
| Producer(s) | Roy Huggins |
| Editor(s) | Marsh Hendry |
| Location(s) | California |
| Camera setup | Harold E. Stine |
| Running time | 60 mins. |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | ABC |
| Picture format | 1.33:1 monochrome |
| Audio format | monaural |
| First shown in | Sunday at 7:30pm |
| Original airing | 1 February 1959 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | The New Maverick Young Maverick Bret Maverick Maverick |
| Related shows | Sugarfoot Cheyenne Bronco Lawman Colt .45 Rawhide The Rockford Files |
Duel at Sundown is a 1959 episode of the Western comedy television series Maverick starring 31-year-old James Garner and 29-year-old Clint Eastwood. A mean killer (Eastwood) becomes jealous when Bret Maverick (Garner) begins spending time with his girlfriend (Abby Dalton), the daughter of Bret's old friend (Edgar Buchanan), who desperately wants Bret to marry her before Eastwood's evil character does so.
An epic fistfight between Garner and Eastwood segues into a surprising showdown between Bret and gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in which Maverick fans his pistol. "Hardin" turns out to be Bret's brother Bart (Jack Kelly), who'd been recruited to help frighten Eastwood's character. As Bart and Bret depart the town on horseback at the episode's conclusion, they run into the real Hardin, already angrily riding in to hunt down and murder the man who "killed" him. The episode was written by Richard Collins and Howard Browne, and directed by Arthur Lubin.
James Garner ... Bret Maverick
Jack Kelly ... Bart Maverick
Edgar Buchanan ... Jed
Abby Dalton ... Carrie
Clint Eastwood ... Red Hardigan
Dan Sheridan ... Doc Baxter
James Griffith ... John Wesley Hardin
Clarke Alexander ... Sheriff
Linda Lawson ... Lily
Myrna Fahey ... Susie
Ed Reimers ... Announcer (voice)
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