The New Maverick

*The New Maverick*
The New Maverick
	DVD cover
Genre	Western
Written by	Juanita Bartlett
Directed by	Hy Averback
Starring	James Garner; Charles Frank; Jack Kelly; Susan Sullivan; Susan Blanchard; Eugene Roche
Music by	John Rubinstein
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producer	Meta Rosenberg
Producer	Robert Foster
Production locations	; Patagonia, Arizona; Sierrita Mountains; Sonoran Desert; Tucson Mountains; Ironwood Forest National Monument; Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona
Cinematography	Andrew Jackson
Editors	Diane Adler; George R. Rohrs
Running time	92 minutes
Production companies	Cherokee Productions; Warner Bros. Television
Distributor	Warner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	Color
Audio format	Mono
Original release	September 3, 1978;
Chronology
Preceded by	Maverick
Followed by	Young Maverick

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 stars 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.

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."^[1]

Cast[]

James Garner as Bret Maverick
Charles Frank as Ben Maverick
Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick
Susan Sullivan as Poker Alice
Susan Blanchard as Nell McGarahan
Eugene Roche as Austin Crupper
as Vinnie Smith, Train Robber hired by Crupper
Woodrow Parfrey as Leveque, Man from New Orleans
as Dobie
Helen Page Camp as Mrs. Flora Crupper
Jack Garner as Homer, Vinnie's henchman
Graham Jarvis as Undertaker Lambert
Macon McCalman as Vanders the Las Vegas Hotel Desk Clerk
B.J. Ward as B.J. Vinnie's Henchman

References[]

^ Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 267.

External links[]

The New Maverick at IMDb

James Garner and Jack Kelly as Bret and Bart Maverick

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[1] Garner, James; Winokur, Jon (2011). The Garner Files: A Memoir. Simon & Schuster. p. 267.

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v Films directed by Hy Averback
Feature films	Chamber of Horrors (1966) Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) I Love You, Alice B. Toklas (1968) The Great Bank Robbery (1969) Suppose They Gave a War and Nobody Came (1970) Where the Boys Are '84 (1984)
Television films	The Love Boat II (1977) The New Maverick (1978) A Guide for the Married Woman (1978) The Night Rider (1979) Alone at Last (1980) She's in the Army Now (1981) The Girl, the Gold Watch & Dynamite (1981)
Television pilots	Barney (1965) Eddie (1971) Bedtime Story (1972) Topper Returns (1973) Keep an Eye on Denise (1973) Moe and Joe (1974) The Bureau (1976) Adventurizing with the Chopper (1976) Bell, Book and Candle (1976) Newman's Drugstore (1976) Richie Brockelman: The Missing 24 Hours (1976) The Magnificent Magical Magnet of Santa Mesa (1977) The Rubber Gun Squad (1977)