The New Maverick

The New Maverick
Written by	Juanita Bartlett
Directed by	Hy Averback
Starring	James Garner Charles Frank Jack Kelly Susan Sullivan Susan Blanchard Eugene Roche
Country of origin	US
Language(s)	English
Production
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Running time	100 minutes
Chronology
Preceded by	Maverick
Followed by	Young Maverick

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 television series revival inspired by this TV-movie, for a single season.

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
  

External links

• The New Maverick at the Internet Movie Database
• Roy Huggins' Interview in the Archive of American Television
• James Garner Interview on the Charlie Rose Show
• James Garner interview at Archive of American Television - (c/o Google Video) - March 17, 1999