Product Details

• Actors: Jack Kelly, James Garner, Roger Moore, Sailor Vincent, Fred Carson
• Writers: Roy Huggins
• Format: Black & White, Closed-captioned, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Warner Home Video
• VHS Release Date: January 13, 1998
• Run Time: 60 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 0790731304
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #198,036 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A superb episode of James Garner's classic 50s TV series., July 24, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Maverick: According to Hoyle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

If someone asked me to choose one episode of "Maverick" that superbly illustrates my favorite television series' strengths, this might be it. James Garner's fascinatingly complex character Bret Maverick is on full display and Diane Brewster as Samantha Crawford, Maverick's primary female nemesis, is introduced in this episode in all her slipperiness and duplicity in a plot that revolves around a New Orleans riverboat gambling contest that hinges on an obscure poker rule of the day. The principals later segue by stagecoach to a western town with a crooked casino, where they encounter Leo Gordon as Mike McComb, Maverick's strapping Irish ally. Jodie Foster's character in the recent Mel Gibson movie version was based on Samantha, and Ms. Brewster's performance is a revelation, forcing the viewer to bemoan the policy of that period preventing most television actors from moving into theatricals. Warners' unsung but mesmerizing stable of character actors are peppered throughout the show to good effect, as is always the case with this series, and this episode has a classic feel, with lustrous lighting and photography and fascinatingly nuanced performances. This is one to watch repeatedly and serves as a superior companion to the movie version.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect choice to know the best TV of the period, April 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Maverick: According to Hoyle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I saw this when I was younger and liked it then. It is ahead of its time. It instructs patience in the face of setback. Maverick loses badly to a woman, something that doesn't happen to a western hero, but Maverick takes it in stride, never missing a beat stays focused on his final outcome. There are lessons in morality, justice and determination. The best of its kind

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Okay but not great..., April 30, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Maverick: According to Hoyle [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The cover is misleading it shows Bret (James Garner) with his brother Bart (Jack Kelly), but Bart's not in this episode. The show is okay, but not as enjoyable as "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres."