Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace
| Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Stuart Margolin |
| Produced by |
Meta Rosenberg Gordon T. Dawson Geoffrey Fischer Mark Horowitz Chas. Floyd Johnson |
| Written by | Gordon T. Dawson |
| Starring | James Garner |
| Music by |
Murray MacLeod J.A.C. Redford |
| Cinematography | Andrew Jackson |
| Edited by |
Diane Adler George R. Rohrs |
Release dates | 1981 |
Running time | 98 minutes |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace is the 1981 2-hour pilot episode of the television series Bret Maverick, trimmed to a quicker pace and repackaged as a TV-movie for rerunning on local television stations. The 1981 show was based on the 1957 series Maverick, catching up with professional poker-player Bret Maverick (James Garner). The film, written by Gordon T. Dawson and directed by Stuart Margolin, occasionally appears under the simpler title Bret Maverick.
The real pilot, however, of both this series and the preceding CBS show Young Maverick, could be said to be the 1979 TV-movie The New Maverick, which featured both Garner as Bret and Jack Kelly as his brother Bart.
Cast
- James Garner.... Bret Maverick
- Ed Bruce .... Sheriff Tom Guthrie
- Ramon Bieri .... Elijah Crow
- Richard Hamilton .... Cy Whittaker
- John Shearin .... Sheriff Mitchel Dowd
- David Knell .... Rodney Catlow
- Darleen Carr .... Mary Lou Springer
- Janis Paige .... Mandy Packer
- Bill McKinney .... Ramsey Bass
- John McLiam .... Doc Holliday, Card Player
- Stuart Margolin .... Philo Sandeen
- Billy Kerr .... Blue-Eyed Kid, Gunfighter
- Jack Garner .... Jack, Red Ox Bartender
- Luis Delgado .... Shifty Delgado
- Ed Bakey .... Lyman Nickerson, Card Player
- Bill Cross ... Dembro
- Richard Moll ... Sloate
- Chuck Mitchell ... Joe Dakota, Card Player
- Duane R. Campbell ... Lucas, town drunk
- Ivan J. Rado ... Wolfgang Mieter, Miner who tunneled into Bank
- David H. Banks ... Delta Fox, Card Player
- Tommy Bush ... Deputy Sturgess
- Ruth Estler ... Townswoman
- Norman Merrill Jr. ... Bank Teller
- Al Berry ... Townsman
- Kirk Cameron ... Boy #1
- Max Martini ... Boy #2 (billed as Max Martin)
See also
Bret Maverick: Faith, Hope and Clarity
Duel at Sundown (Maverick)
Shady Deal at Sunny Acres
External links
- James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
- James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999
- Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace at the Internet Movie Database