The New Maverick (1978)
September 3, 1978Release Date
The New Maverick (1978)
September 3, 1978Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Cast & Crew.
James Garner
Bret Maverick
Charles Frank
Ben Maverick
Jack Kelly
Bart Maverick
Susan Blanchard
Nell McGarahan
Eugene Roche
Judge Austin Crupper
Susan Sullivan
'Poker' Alice Ivers
George Loros
Vinnie Smith
Woodrow Parfrey
Leveque
Greg Allen
Dobie
Helen Page Camp
Mrs. Flora Crupper
Jack Garner
Homer
Graham Jarvis
Undertaker Lambert
Macon McCalman
Vanders
B.J. Ward
B.J.
John Rubinstein
Music
Hy Averback
Director
Details.
Wiki.
The New Maverick is a 1978 American Western television film based on the 1957–1962 series Maverick starring James Garner as Bret Maverick. The New Maverick also stars Charles Frank as newcomer cousin Ben Maverick (son of Beau Maverick), Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick, and Susan Sullivan as Poker Alice Ivers.
James Garner and Jack Kelly had been 29 and 30 years old, respectively, at the beginning of the original series and were 50 and 51 while filming The New Maverick. 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 series revival inspired by this TV-movie, for the 1981-82 season.
Garner wrote in his memoir that the film "didn't quite make it," calling it "a near miss."