“Maverick Springs”
“Maverick Springs”
Season: 3 episode 13
Series Episode: 66
Air Date: December 6, 1959
Maverick TV series starring James Garner and Jack Kelly
A Warner Bros. production
Teaser
The game is better with a pair of Mavericks.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
Character Role Actor Actor Age Status
Bret Maverick (a.k.a. "Colonel" Bret Maverick) Gambler / Con artist James Garner 31 Credited
Bart Maverick (a.k.a. Commodore Vandergriff's nephew, Bartley Vandergriff) Gambler / Con artist Jack Kelly 32 Credited
Melanie Blake Conwoman / Distraction Kathleen Crowley 29 Credited
Kate Dawson Co-owner of the Queen Ranch / Mark Dawson's sister Doris Packer 55 Credited
Mark Dawson Co-owner of the Queen Ranch / Kate Dawson's brother King Donovan 41 Credited
"Big" John "Johnny" Flannery Gambler Tol Avery 44 Credited
Professor Kronkhite Con man Sig Ruman 75 Credited
Malone Last Gulp Saloon bartender Jim Hayward 59 Credited
Mason Sarasota Springs hotel manager Leslie Barrett 40 Credited
Charles "Charlie" Peters Sheriff / Owner of the Last Gulp Saloon Charles Arnt 53 Credited
Sarasota Springs hotel desk clerk William Bakewell 51 Credited
Announcer Ed Reimers 57 Uncredited
Commodore Reginald "Reggie" Vandergriff Rich man Paul Keast 57 Uncredited
Emile Flannery's carriage driver Emile Avery 51 Uncredited
Bartender Luis Delgado 34 Uncredited
Sarasota Springs hotel guest Sam Harris 82 Uncredited
Sarasota Springs hotel desk clerk Ed Haskett 54 Uncredited
Interested investor in derby hat Bob Reeves 67 Uncredited
Interested investor in top hat Paul Kruger 64 Uncredited
Man at well Jack Perrin 63 Uncredited
Rig crewman Sailor Vincent 58 Uncredited
Rig Crewman Max Wagner 58 Uncredited
Townsman George Baxter 54 Uncredited
Townsman Pat O'Malley 69 Uncredited
Townsman Joe Walls 43 Uncredited
Lucky Baldwin Real Estate Speculator / Pioneer of California Businesses / Possible investor Mentioned
Simon Baruch Physician / Scholar / Advocate of urban public bathhouses / Possible investor Mentioned
Augustus Belmont Financier / Diplomat / Politician / Party Chairman of the Democratic National Committee / Horse-breeder / Racehorse owner / Founder of the Belmont Stakes / Possible investor Mentioned
J. Boswell Treasurer of Maverick Enterprises Mentioned
Mr. Dawson Kate and Mark Dawson's father / Owner of 100,000 acres of the best land in Texas - the Queen Ranch Mentioned
De Witt Clinton American politician / Naturalist / Possible investor Mentioned
Pierre Lorillard IV Tobacco manufacturer / Thoroughbred race horse owner / Possible investor Mentioned
Crew
Director Arthur Lubin
Assistant Director Kenneth Kessler
Developed by
Roy Huggins (uncredited)
Writer Leo Townsend
Executive Producer
Wm. (William) T. Orr
Producer
Coles Trapnell
Director of Photography
Roger Shearman
Art Director
John Ewing
Supervising Film Editor
James Moore
Film Editor
Clarence Kloster
Production Manager
Oren W. Haglund
Sound Frank Webster
Set Decorator
Jerry Welch
Makeup Supervisor Gordon Bau, S.M.A.
Composer: Original Theme David Buttolph (uncredited)
Original Theme Lyrics Paul Francis Weber
Music Supervisors Paul Sawtell / Bert Shefter
Music Editor Sam E. Levin
Stock Music Composer Max Steiner (uncredited)
Musician: Harmonica Tommy Morgan (uncredited)
Production Company
Warner Bros. Television
Distribution Company
American Broadcasting Company (ABC)
Dialogue/Figurative Language/Literary References/Quotes
Kate Dawson: I don’t know you from Adam.
Kate Dawson: Mousy-looking little critter, ain’t he.
Melanie Blake: Your ranch must be enormous, Colonel.
Bret Maverick: Oh, I’d say from one end to the other as the crow flies, it… well no I shouldn’t say that, I never found a crow that could fly that far.
Mark Dawson: Women are fickle, Colonel. Long horns are not.
Mark Dawson: Ma’am, you may weep all night, but you will find me a man of iron.
Meaning: To be of unbending mental determination.
Notable Mentions
De Witt Clinton
Simon Baruch
Pierre Lorillard IV
Augustus Belmont
“Lucky” Baldwin
Geographic References
Abilene, Kansas, United States of America
California
China
Guatamala
New York City, New York, United States of America
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Sarasota Springs, Florida, United States of America
Texas
The Games People Play
Flannery: Let me lay my cards on the table.
Marked cards
5 Card Draw Poker
Shell Game
Whist
High card
Grub
A Questionable Reputation
Ones does not drill for sulphuric gas. It is produced as a byproduct of an activity involving burning or decomposition.
Natural gas is odorless.
Bret: I don’t know too much about ranching, ma’am.
In “Trail West to Fury,” Bret and Bart come home to East Bend, Texas to run the the ranch they owned before the Civil War began.
Bret is in Texas at the beginning of this episode. According to the premise of “Trail West to Fury,” neither Bret nor Bart have been able to return to Texas since soon after the end of the Civil War, as they are wanted for the murder of two men in East Bend, Texas.
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