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In Bret Maverick, James Garner returns to his signature title role, as the affable grifting gambler. In the premiere episode, written by Gordon T. Dawson (Walker, Texas Ranger) and directed by...
Jul 8, 2014 · After winning the Lazy Ace saloon in an all-star high-stakes poker game, Bret sets down roots in the town of Sweetwater, and partners up with upright ex-sheriff Tom Guthrie (Ed Bruce) to run...
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It's the big high stakes poker game at the Red Ox Saloon in Sweetwater, Arizona Territory...All the greats are there: Bret Maverick, Doc Holiday, Lyman Nick...
The Lazy Ace: Part 1: Directed by Stuart Margolin. With James Garner, Ed Bruce, Ramon Bieri, Richard Hamilton. Bret Maverick wins a saloon in a poker game and decides to end his roving ways and settle down in Sweetwater, Arizona.
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- Western
- Stuart Margolin
- 1981-12-01
Bret Maverick: The Lazy Ace is a 1981 American Western television film released as the 2-hour pilot episode of the series Bret Maverick, trimmed to a quicker pace and repackaged as a TV-movie for rerunning on local television stations.
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Jan 12, 2022 · Bret Maverick (James Garner) arrives in Sweetwater for an all-star poker match at Mandy Packer’s saloon. He wins the saloon and a small fortune. But the fortune is soon stolen from the local bank. And it turns out there’s a $50,000 mortgage on the saloon, held by money-grubbing banker Elijah Crow. What’s more, Sweetwater’s ready to turn civilized.