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Young Maverick is a 1979 television series and a sequel to the 1957–1962 series Maverick, which had starred James Garner as roving gambler Bret Maverick. Charles Frank played Ben Maverick, the son of Bret's first cousin Beau Maverick, making him Bret's first cousin once removed. Frank's real-life wife Susan Blanchard played his girlfriend Nell, while John Dehner appeared as a frontier marshal who had arrested Ben's father Beau decades before. The series was cancelled by CBS after six hour-long episodes had been shown, leaving two which were never aired on the network. All eight episodes were screened later that year on BBC1 in the UK.
Original Release
11/28/1979
US Release
11/28/1979
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Frank | Ben Maverick |
Susan Blanchard | Nell McGarrahan |
John Dehner | Marshal Edge Troy |
James Woods | Lem Fraker |
Harry Dean Stanton | Pokey Tindal |
Donna Mills | Lila Gates |
George Dzundza | Clem |
John McIntire | Vernon Maywood |
Howard Duff | Herman Rusk |
Alan Fudge | Amos Layton |
# | Title | Air Date |
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1 | Clancy | Wednesday, 28 November 1979 |
2 | A Fistful of Oats | Wednesday, 05 December 1979 |
3 | Hearts O' Gold | Wednesday, 12 December 1979 |
4 | Dead Man's Hand: Part 1 | Wednesday, 26 December 1979 |
5 | Dead Man's Hand: Part 2 | Wednesday, 02 January 1980 |
6 | Makin' Tracks | Wednesday, 09 January 1980 |
7 | Have I Got a Girl for You | Wednesday, 16 January 1980 |
8 | Half-Past Noon | Wednesday, 30 January 1980 |
Directors
Hy Averback, Norm Liebmann, Ralph Senensky, Bob Claver, Bernard McEveety, Hollingsworth Morse, Leslie H. Martinson
Writers
Robert Van Scoyk, Lois Hire, Norm Liebmann, Don McDougall, David E. Peckinpah, Jerry Ross
Cast
Name | Character |
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Charles Frank | Ben Maverick |
Susan Blanchard | Nell McGarrahan |
John Dehner | Marshal Edge Troy |
James Woods | Lem Fraker |
Harry Dean Stanton | Pokey Tindal |
Donna Mills | Lila Gates |
George Dzundza | Clem |
John McIntire | Vernon Maywood |
Howard Duff | Herman Rusk |
Alan Fudge | Amos Layton |
Jerry Hardin | Purnell Sims |
Dennis Burkley | Julius Higgins |
James Garner | Bret Maverick |
Vito Scotti | Cardenas |
Bill McKinney | Smokey Trumbull |
Audrey Landers | Sara Lou Mullen |
Morgan Woodward | Dalton |
Denny Miller | Clancy Flannery |
L.Q. Jones | Taggert |
J. Pat O'Malley | Uncle Malachi |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Robert Van Scoyk | Executive Producer |
Andy White | Producer |
Chuck Bowman | Producer |