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Maverick

1957TV-PG5 seasons7.0 / 10

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The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

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Synopsis

The Maverick boys - Bret, Bart, Beau and Brent - are a clan of well-dressed dandies, gamblers who'd much rather make their money playing cards than messing up their fine clothing with actual work. Sly and clever, none of the Mavericks are much for acts of derring do, but they can be courageous when the situation calls for it. Most often, however, they live by their wits and considerable charm.

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Episode 1

Pappy

49m

Beau Maverick (played by James Garner), father of Bret and Bart announces that he is getting married. The Maverick boys discover that the marriage is a business arrangement, not a love commitment. The young girl, Josephine St. Cloud is being forced by her father to marry the older Beau Maverick. The brothers set out to sabotage the wedding plans, not knowing that Beau Maverick already had a plan.

Episode credits

Directed by Montgomery PittmanWritten by Montgomery PittmanGuest stars Henry Daniell, Chubby Johnson, Kaye Elhardt, Adam West, Troy Donahue, Virginia Gregg, Michael Forest, John Hubbard

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Episode 2

Royal Four Flush

49m

Bart double-crosses a double-crosser — and winds up hogtied and kidnapped, with only his wits as a weapon with which to save his neck.

Episode credits

Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars David Frankham, Arch Johnson, Roberta Shore, Raymond Hatton, Tom Fadden, Charles Sherlock

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Episode 3

The Sheriff of Duck 'N' Shoot

49m

Sheriff Bret astounds himself as well as the townspeople by taming the trail herders who have been devastating the town, beats a gang of bank robbers at their own game, but has to summon the aid of brother Bart when his eye for a woman's beauty lands him in his own lockup.

Episode credits

Directed by George WaggnerGuest stars Hal Baylor, Irving Bacon, Peggy McCay, Don 'Red' Barry, Chubby Johnson, Jack Mather

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Episode 4

You Can't Beat the Percentage

49m

Bart is involved in a bizarre murder plot — in which he is high on the list of planned victims.

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Directed by George WaggnerGuest stars Karen Steele, Gerald Mohr

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Episode 5

The Cats of Paradise

49m

Bret Maverick falls for a soft-spoken girl, Modesty Blaine (Mona Freeman). They enter into a partnership — to sell cats to a mining camp overrun by rats. But rumor has it that most men lose either their lives or their money when dealing with this young beauty. However, Bret stands to lose both his life and his money, so he plots to save both.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Mona Freeman, Wendell Holmes, Buddy Ebsen, Lance Fuller, Richard Deacon

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Episode 6

A Tale of Three Cities

50m

Bart has trouble retrieving his poker winnings from thieves. But help is on the way — from the local Ladies Aid Society.

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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonGuest stars Barbara Jo Allen, Ed Kemmer, Pat Crowley, Ben Gage, Ray Teal, Louis Jean Heydt

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Episode 7

Full House

50m

Bret Maverick runs into a notorious bunch of bank robbers; Cole Younger, Billy The Kid, Sam Bass, Jesse James, Frank James, Jim Dalton, Black Bart, Ben Thompson and Belle Starr. The outlaws believe that Bret is the infamous Foxy Smith, a well known bad guy. When the outlaws discover Bret's true identity, they force him to do the robbery in Denver. Bret ends up in a mint of trouble.

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Directed by Robert GordonGuest stars Gordon Jones, Jean Willes, Gregory Walcott, Joel Grey, Jack Gordon, Nancy Kulp

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Episode 8

The Lass with the Poisonous Air

49m

After a rebuff by mysterious Linda Burke (Joanna Moore), Bart is left holding the bag — for murder.

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Directed by Richard L. BareGuest stars Stacy Keach Sr., Howard Petrie, Joanna Moore, Francis McDonald, Sol Gorss, Rory Mallinson, Fred Sherman

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Episode 9

The Ghost Soldiers

49m

Bret finds himself one of three men secretly defending a deserted government fort against War Hungry Indians. Maverick succeeds in scaring them off by clever trickery. But a suspicious Indian chief (Paul Clarke) causes him to reconsider.

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Directed by Leslie H. MartinsonGuest stars James Westerfield

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Episode 10

Easy Mark

51m

Bart Maverick, for whom cowardice is a virtue, ""turns yellow"" when he learns that his friendship with a tycoon could cost him his life.

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Directed by Lew LandersGuest stars Pippa Scott, Nita Talbot, Douglas Kennedy, Frank Ferguson, Carl Milletaire, Hanley Stafford, Edgar Buchanan, Jack Buetel

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Episode 11

A Fellow's Brother

49m

When George Henry Arnett hears that Bret Maverick is in town to collect his money, Arnett (Adam West) starts a ""top gun"" rumor about Bret. After he creates a smoke screen, Arnett creeps out of town. Maverick is idolized by the town youngsters, sought after available women and hunted by the town bounty hunter. Bret Maverick is the talk of the town.

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Directed by Leslie GoodwinsGuest stars Charles Maxwell, Bing Russell, Diane McBain, Gary Vinson, Wally Brown, Adam West, Emory Parnell, Barry Brooks

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Episode 12

Trooper Maverick

51m

Bart swings into trouble when he tries to help the cavalry uncover a traitor — and winds up facing a hangman's rope.

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Directed by Richard L. BareGuest stars Sammy Jackson, Herbert Rudley, Myron Healey

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Episode 13

Maverick Springs

51m

Bret is gired by a weathly texan to save her brother Mark from a conniving woman named Melanie. Posing as a Texas Colonel, Bret realizes that he's up against a master crook. With Mark's help and brother Bart's arrival as a weathly Easterner, they set up a scheme to catch the girl and almost outsmart themselves with their own cleverness.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars William Bakewell, Sig Ruman, Kathleen Crowley, Tol Avery, Doris Packer, King Donovan, King Donovan, Charles Arnt

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Episode 14

The Goose-Drownder

51m

Taking shelter in a ghost town, Bart impatiently awaits a storm's end. But when four gunmen arrive, he fears he'll never get out alive.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Richard Long, Fay Spain, H.M. Wynant, Will Wright

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Episode 15

A Cure for Johnny Rain

49m

After saving Bret's life, Johnny Rain (William Reynolds) is arrested for robbing a stage coach. While Bret goes to his rescue he becomes ensnarled in a plot that involves a case of split personality. a dance hall wench and a mild-mannered Tinhorn gambler who likes to leave 'em laughing--with hysteria.

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Directed by Montgomery PittmanGuest stars Dolores Donlon, Bud Osborne, John Vivyan, William Reynolds, George Cisar

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Episode 16

The Marquesa

51m

Bart Maverick wins big, when he wins the ""Lucky Lady"" saloon in a card game. When Bart goes to Santa Leora to stake his claim, a beautiful Marquesa refuses to relinquish the property to him. Maverick encounters hurling knives, flurry of bullets and pounding fists when he tries to hold onto his newly acquired saloon.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Adele Mara, Carlos Romero, Lane Chandler, Edward Ashley, Jay Novello, Raymond Hatton

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Episode 17

Cruise of the Cynthia B.

49m

Bret is one of the seven owners of a Riverboat who start down the Mississippi for Memphis to sell the broken-down craft, but soon in a deadly game of 10 Little Indians one owner after another is found mysteriously dead. It becomes apparent that if the boat does reach Memphis, it's almost certain it will have but one owner.

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Directed by André de TothGuest stars Mona Freeman, Jack Livesey, Irene Tedrow, Karl Weber, Alexander Campbell, Gage Clarke, Charles Fredericks

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Episode 18

Maverick & Juliet

51m

Bret's freedom hinges on the outcome of a card game. He's ecstatic... until he meets his opponent: Bart — who will make a bundle if he wins.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Rhys Williams, Marjorie Bennett, Jack Mather, Walter Coy, Luis Delgado

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Episode 19

The White Widow

51m

A beautiful widow (Julie Adams) asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts — unaware that he is the intended victim.

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Directed by Leslie GoodwinsGuest stars Richard Webb, Ross Elliott, Julie Adams, Don Kennedy, Lee Turnbull

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Episode 20

Guatemala City

49m

Maverick tries to straighten out his romance with Ellen Johnson and at the same time solve a million dollar jewel theft. When Bret finds out that his ardor has cooled, he also finds that he has become the prime target for a ruthless murderer and a man who refuses to stay dead.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Patric Knowles, Linda Dangcil, Tudor Owen, Suzanne Storrs

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Episode 21

The People's Friend

51m

Bart Maverick is running for office, he is a sure candidate for U.S. Senate. Bart's political ambition has some town's people out for his blood. His opponents will go to any length to stifle his political aspirations; they threathen his life. Fearful of his opponents, Bart finds a way out of the election, without letting the voters down.

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Directed by Leslie GoodwinsWritten by Robert Vincent WrightGuest stars John Zaremba, Dick Wilson, Merry Anders, R.G. Armstrong, John Litel, Ruth Terry, Dorothea Lord, Rex Lease

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Episode 22

A Flock of Trouble

49m

Bret wins a sheep ranch located in the midst of cattle ranchers whose sole aim is to wipe out the sheep — and their new owner.

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Directed by Arthur LubinWritten by James BarnettGuest stars George D. Wallace, Irving Bacon, Myrna Fahey, Norman Leavitt, Donnelly Rhodes, Arthur Tovey

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Episode 23

Iron Hand

51m

Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart dutifully chases Indians — while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose.

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Directed by Leslie GoodwinsGuest stars Anthony Caruso, Lane Bradford, Terry Frost, Lane Chandler, Anthony Eustrel, Robert Redford, Edward Ashley, Fred Graham

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Episode 24

The Resurrection of Joe November

51m

A $10,000 temptation puts Bret unwittingly in the middle of a fantastic smuggling scheme.

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Directed by Leslie GoodwinsGuest stars Forrest Lewis, Charles Maxwell, Bill Walker, Harry Cheshire, Joanna Barnes, Don 'Red' Barry, Nita Talbot, Bill Erwin

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Episode 25

The Misfortune Teller

51m

Bret is fighting a murder charge. But when he meets his lawyer — a numerologist, astrologer and bungler — he knows his number is up.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Kathleen Crowley, Mickey Simpson, Ben Gage, Chubby Johnson, Emory Parnell, Alan Mowbray, William Challee, Fred Stromsoe

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Episode 26

Greenbacks, Unlimited

51mfinale

Bank robber Big Ed Murphy is at his wit's end: someone keeps beating him to the loot — and that someone is Bret.

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Directed by Arthur LubinGuest stars Sammy Jackson, Roy Walker, Forrest Taylor, Patrick Westwood, Roy Engel, John Dehner, Dick Cherney, Don C. Harvey

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Episode information updated Sep 19, 2026

More about Maverick

Cast

James GarnerBret Maverick
Jack KellyBart Maverick
Ben Gage
Leo GordonBig Mike McComb
Merry AndersPenelope Greeley
Sig Ruman
Sammy JacksonBellhop (uncredited)
Kathleen CrowleyDaisy Harris

Credits

Created by
Roy Huggins

Production details

Status
Ended
Series type
Scripted
Episodes
124
Original language
English

Networks & production

  • ABCUnited States
  • Warner Bros. TelevisionUnited States

Themes

brothermaverickpokerprofessional gamblerriverboat