Maverick

1994
PG
2h 7m

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7.0/10

122K

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Satire Action Adventure Comedy Western

Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.

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IMDb RATING

7.0/10

122K

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POPULARITY

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Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total

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Trivia
Near the movie's beginning, Maverick asks the young man wearing the bowler hat at the poker table, who claims to be a gunfighter, what his name is. He answers, "Johnny Hardin," and Maverick fumbles his chips pretending to be scared, but then clowns around pointing his own gun at the youth. The real John Wesley Hardin was a notoriously fast, volatile and deadly gunfighter of the Old West, who shot and killed more than 40 men, before being shot in the back of the head in 1895.

Goofs
Annabelle gives her dealer a $1000 chip in the poker tournament before the final table. This is common in cash games in which money is won after each hand. Unlike cash games however, tournament chips have no money value and cannot be exchanged for cash.

That scene was played for laughs.

Quotes
Maverick: [talking to the village thieves] The man who'll blow your brains out is Marshal Zane Cooper. You've probably heard of him, I know what you're thinking, he's old and decrepit, gums his food AND his women, but he can still shoot straight.
Maverick: After you is ugly Annie Bransford. When she was born, she came out backwards and no one noticed. Hell, when she was little, her parents had to tie a pork chop around her neck so the dog would play with her. When she's making love, she has to pretend SHE'S someone else!

Alternate versions
The Blu-ray release plasters the opening 1992 Warner Bros. opening logo with the 2003 variant.

Connections
Featured in Troldspejlet: Episode #10.11 (1994)

Soundtracks
Ride Gambler Ride
Written and Performed by Randy Newman
[this is the film's theme song but only plays over end credits]

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Featured review

Most underrated movie ever

This is among Mel's best. It has absolutely everything you could want for a hit. Bert...I mean Bret...is a multi-dimensional character that changes from humorous to serious seamlessly. Jodie Foster is an excellent faux-Southern belle. And James Garner plays the veteran lawman to the T.

This movie has humor, but not gross-out humor. The tongue-in-cheek, James Bond/Lethal Weapon kind of humor. Like Miss Bransford looking in both of their tubs to "compare" the two, without ever saying anything. It has decent action and suspense, and the last 15 minutes has more plot turns that most mysteries.

This is one of my personal favorites, one I can watch over and over again. I believe this gets none of the credit it deserves. It seems to have a stigma because most movies based on TV shows (i.e. Beverly Hillbillies) well, suck.