Maverick

May 20, 1994

2h 7m

★ 6.9

In their hands, a deck of cards was the only thing more dangerous than a gun.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Adventure

Comedy

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures

Icon Productions

Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions

Maverick Trailers

Cast

Bret Maverick

Mel Gibson

Annabelle Bransford

Jodie Foster

Marshal Zane Cooper

James Garner

Joseph

Graham Greene

Angel

Alfred Molina

Commodore Duvall

James Coburn

Room Clerk

Dub Taylor

Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker

Geoffrey Lewis

The Archduke

Paul L. Smith

Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player

Dan Hedaya

Stuttering

Dennis Fimple

Old Gambler on Riverboat

Denver Pyle

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