The New Maverick

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The New Maverick
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GenreWestern
Written byJuanita Bartlett
Directed byHy Averback
StarringJames Garner
Charles Frank
Jack Kelly
Susan Sullivan
Susan Blanchard
Eugene Roche
Music byJohn Rubinstein
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
Production
Executive producerMeta Rosenberg
ProducerRobert Foster
Production locations
Patagonia, Arizona
Sierrita Mountains
Sonoran Desert
Tucson Mountains
Ironwood Forest National Monument
Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona
CinematographyAndrew Jackson
EditorsDiane Adler
George R. Rohrs
Running time92 minutes
Production companiesCherokee Productions
Warner Bros. Television
DistributorWarner Bros. Television Distribution
Release
Original networkABC
Picture formatColor
Audio formatMono
Original release
  • September 3, 1978 (1978-09-03)
Chronology
Preceded byMaverick
Followed byYoung 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[]

References[]

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

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James Garner and Jack Kelly as Bret and Bart Maverick


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