Maverick
Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Director(s)
Richard Donner
Andrew M. Flinn
Michael L. Holland
Hayley H. Hsu
Princess O'Mahoney
Mic Rodgers
John G. Scotti
Alisa Statman
Jim Van Wyck
Cynnie Troup
Terry Leonard
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Cast & crew
John G. Scotti
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Margot Kidder
Margret Mary (uncredited)
Dan Hedaya
Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player
Bill Henderson
Riverboat Poker Player
Read Morgan
Dealer
Will Hutchins
Spectator (uncredited)
Don Stark
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Mic Rodgers
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Courtney Barilla
Music Box Girl
Jodie Foster
Annabelle Bransford
Alfred Molina
Angel
Mel Gibson
Bret Maverick
Steve Kahan
Dealer
Bert Remsen
Riverboat Poker Player
J. Mills Goodloe
Telegraph Operator
Richard Donner
Dealer (uncredited)
Paul Tuerpe
Poker Player
Jim Van Wyck
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Art LaFleur
Poker Player
Terry Leonard
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Danny Glover
Bank Robber (uncredited)
Reba McEntire
Spectator (uncredited)
Doc Duhame
Unshaven Man
Graham Greene
Joseph
James Garner
Marshal Zane Cooper
Max Perlich
Johnny Hardin
James Coburn
Commodore Duvall
John C. Meier
Unshaven Man
Stephen Liska
Dealer
Richard Blum
Riverboat Poker Player
Dub Taylor
Room Clerk
Lauren Shuler Donner
Mrs. D., Bathhouse Maid
Bob Jennings
Bartender (uncredited)
Paul L. Smith
The Archduke
Geoffrey Lewis
Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker
Dennis Fimple
Stuttering
Henry Darrow
Riverboat Poker Player
Corey Feldman
Bank Robber
John Otrin
Riverboat Spectator (uncredited)
Michael Paul Chan
Riverboat Poker Player
Leo Gordon
Poker Player
Denver Pyle
Old Gambler on Riverboat
William Smith
Riverboat Poker Player
James Drury
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
Steve Chambers
Unshaven Man
Charles Dierkop
Riverboat Poker Player (uncredited)
William Marshall
Riverboat Poker Player
Doug McClure
Riverboat Poker Player
Jean De Baer
Mary Margret
Clint Black
Sweet-Faced Gambler
Paul Brinegar
Stage Driver
Hal Ketchum
Bank Robber
John M. Woodward
Bank Robber
Jesse Eric Carroll
Stable Boy
Toshonnie Touchin
Stable Boy
Frank Orsatti
Unshaven Man
Kimberly Cullum
Music Box Girl
Gary Richard Frank
Crooked Dealer
Robert Jones
Bank Employee
Vilmos Zsigmond
Albert Bierstadt
Waylon Jennings
Man with Concealed Guns
Kathy Mattea
Woman with Concealed Guns
Carlene Carter
Waitress
Vince Gill
Spectator
Janis Oliver Gill
Spectator
Chuck Hart
Riverboat Poker Player
Robert Fuller
Riverboat Poker Player
Donal Gibson
Riverboat Poker Player
Cal Bartlett
Riverboat Poker Player
Monica Lee Bellais
Riverboat Spectator (uncredited)
John Fogerty
Street Spectator (uncredited)
Patrick Fullerton
Spectator (uncredited)
Jack Garner
Porter (uncredited)
Joy Sydney Peters
Actress (uncredited)
Andrew M. Flinn
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Michael L. Holland
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Hayley H. Hsu
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Princess O'Mahoney
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Alisa Statman
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Cynnie Troup
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Reviews
John Chard
From the moment I slapped eyes on this hombre, I smelled trouble. And re-fried beans. Maverick is directed by Richard Donner and written by William Goldman. It stars Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster and James Garner, with support coming from Alfred Molina, Graham Greene and James Coburn. The music is scored by Randy Newman and Vilmos Zsigmond is on photography. It's based on the 1950s television series of the same name and the plot finds Gibson as Maverick and follows his attempt to take his place in a major five-card draw poker tournament. With Foster and Garner in tow, there's plenty of adventures and misadventures along the way. After Costner's Dances With Wolves and Eastwood's Unforgiven had reignited interest in the Western genre in the 90s, Richard Donner and his team felt the time was right to unleash a light hearted Western on the mainstream audience. Timing was important, as was the casting, but Maverick is the sort of family friendly fun that could in truth be released at any time in any decade and still be a hit at the box office. It's not particularly clever in narrative or themes, but with its blending of action, romance and comedy seamlessly coming together as a whole, Maverick is practically hard to dislike. Even the cast seem to be having a real good time, with Gibson smooth and roguish, Foster dainty yet spunky and Garner (the original Maverick from the TV show) offering up a sort of stoic maturity over proceedings; with all three playing the comedy with ease (how great it is to see Foster in such a role). Donner and Goldman have also shown respect to both the TV show and the Western in general (check out those lovely landscapes), while it's always fun to play spot the numerous stars in the cameos. Harmless fluff, then, but always watchable and never once over reaching itself by trying to be something it's not. 7.5/10
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