CTVA US Western - "Maverick" (WB/ABC) Season 2 (1958-59)

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Starring James Garner & Jack Kelly
Season 2 (ABC) (1958-59)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Robert Dahl
[#2.13 #2.14 Airdates Corrected]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive


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ABC Sundays 7:30 PM Eastern

2.01 [--] Maverick:
THE DAY THEY HANGED BRET MAVERICK
21Sep58 ABC Sun
w: Douglas Heyes
d: Douglas Heyes
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Whitney Blake ................. Molly Clifford
Ray Teal ...................... Sheriff Chick Tucker
Jay Novello ................... Coroner Oliver Poole
Robert E. Griffin ............. Mayor
John Cliff .................... Cliff Sharpe
Burt Mustin ................... Henry
Hal Hopper .................... Stanley
Roy Erwin ..................... Claude
Synopsis:
Bret convinces the sheriff who is holding him for a robbery he was framed
and to release him in exchange for part of the stolen loot.

2.02 [--] Maverick:
LONESOME REUNION
28Sep58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Joanna Barnes ................. Abigail Taylor
Richard Reeves ................ Monty
John Russell .................. Edgar Maxwell
John Qualen ................... Leland Mills
Claire Carleton ............... Flora
Byron Foulger ................. Clerk
Robert Carson ................. Masher
Jon Lormer .................... Newspaperman
Tim Johnson ................... Billy
Ruth Warren ................... Local Gossip
Synopsis:
A woman Bret meets in a Denver hotel hires him to guard her hatbox which contains valuable papers.

2.03 [--] Maverick:
ALIAS BART MAVERICK
05Oct58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Richard Long .................. Gentleman Jack Darby
Arlene Howell ................. Cindy Lou Brown
I. Stanford Jolley ............ Sheriff
Richard Reeves ................ Rare Plummer
Charlie Riggs ................. Little Jeb Plummer
Jack Lomas .................... Mayor
Hal Hopper .................... Horace
X Brands ...................... Sioux Indian
Ted White ..................... Sioux Indian #2
Michael Carr .................. Sioux Indian #3
Harry Seymour ................. Piano Player
Phil Arnold ................... Man
Joe Walls ..................... Poker Player
Bart teams up with a dance hall girl to find Gentleman Jack and
recover $1000 that he took from Bart.

2.04 [--] Maverick:
THE BELCASTLE BRAND
12Oct58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Reginald Owen ................. Norbert
Joan Elan ..................... Ellen
Seymour Green ................. Albert
Gordon Richards ............... Butler
Rusty Wescoatt ................ Outlaw Leader
Walter Barnes ................. 1st Outlaw
Robert Nash ................... Foreman
Synopsis:
Bret agrees to take three Britishers on a bear hunt to pay off a gambling
debt, where they are ambushed by Indians and left horseless.

2.05 [--] Maverick:
HIGH CARD HANGS
19Oct58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Martin Landau ................. Mike Manning
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. .......... Dandy Jim Buckley (recurring)
Frank Ferguson ................ Genessee Jones
Charles Fredericks ............ Joe Hayes
Dan Sheridan .................. Bald Bill King
Lilyan Chauvin ................ Sydney Sue Shipley
Synopsis:
Bart must devise a means of exposing the guilty party when he and two other
suspects in a mining camp murder are all to be hung.

2.06 [--] Maverick:
ESCAPE TO TAMPICO
26Oct58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Gerald Mohr ................... Steve Corbett
Barbara Lang .................. Amy Lawrence
John Hubbard .................. Paul Brooks
Paul Picerni .................. Rene
Louis Mercier ................. Raoul Girreaux
Ralph Faulkner ................ Herr Ziegler
Tony Romano ................... Chicualo
William D. Gordon ............. Sam Garth
Nacho Galindo ................. Carlos
Synopsis:
Bret is offered $6000 to go to Tampico and bring back a man wanted for murder.

2.07 [--] Maverick:
THE JUDAS MASK
02Nov58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
John Vivyan ................... Walter Osbourne
Anna-Lisa ..................... Karen Gustavson
Mel Welles .................... Carlos
Richard Garland ............... Elliot Larkin
Nico Minardos ................. Enrico
Robert Jordan ................. Willy
Rosa Turich ................... Mexican Woman
Bud Osborne ................... Stagecoach Driver
Paul Fierro ................... Manuel
Mildred Von Holland ........... Adele
Cecil Elliott ................. Seamstrett
Alegra Varron ................. Woman
Rocky Ibarra .................. Street Vendor
David Renard .................. Telegrapher
Luis Gomez .................... Juan
Carlos Rivero ................. Spanish Man
Synopsis:
A dance hall girl steals a large sum of money from Bart and when he finds
her she says she did it to help him.

2.08 [--] Maverick:
THE JAIL AT JUNCTION FLATS
09Nov58 ABC Sun
Produced by Roy Higgins
Directed by Walter Doniger
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Patrick McVey ................. Sheriff Morrison Pyne
Jean Allison .................. Madame Higgins
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. .......... Dandy Jim Buckley (recurring)
John Harmon ................... Saloon Keeper
Bert Remsen ................... Deputy George
Claudia Bryar ................. Mrs. Pyne
Dan Blocker ................... Hognose Hughes
Jack Lomas .................... Bartender
Synopsis:
Dandy Jim ends up in trouble after he 'borrows' a large sum of
money from Bret for a horse trading scheme.
(UK: 22Nov59 ABC North/Midlands UK, Sun 10:05 pm)

2.09 [--] Maverick:
THE THIRTY-NINTH STAR
16Nov58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Bethel Leslie ................. Janet Kilmer
John Litel .................... Judge Somervell
Sam Buffington ................ Bigelow
Mark Tapscott ................. Farfan
William Phipps ................ Hazelton
Roy Barcroft .................. Marshal
Nestor Paiva .................. Louie
Robert Carson ................. Dixon
Guy Wilkerson ................. Desk Clerk
Alan Reynolds ................. Bartender
John Cliff .................... 1st Thug
Jack Williams ................. 2nd Thug
Mickey Simpson ................ Tiny
Peter Mamakos ................. Watchman
A. Guy Teague ................. Stagecoach Driver
Synopsis:
A judge suspects Bart of stealing his suitcase for an important document it contains.

2.10 [--] Maverick:
SHADY DEAL AT SUNNY ACRES
23Nov58 ABC Sun
Teleplay by Roy Huggins/ Story by Douglas Heyes
d: Leslie H. Martinson
Starring: James Garner (as Bret), Jack Kelly (as Bart)
Guest Cast:
Regis Toomey .................. Ben Granville
Richard Long .................. Gentleman Jack Darby (recurring)
Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. .......... Dandy Jim Buckley (recurring)
Arlene Howell ................. Cindy Lou Brown
John Dehner ................... John Bates
Diane Brewster ................ Samantha Crawford (recurring)
Karl Swenson .................. Sheriff Griffin
Leo Gordon .................... Big Mike McComb
Joan Young .................... Susan Granville
J. Pat O'Malley ............... Ambrose Callahan
Leon Tyler .................... Henry Hibbs
Jonathan Hole ................. Desk Clerk
Irving Bacon .................. Employee
Syd Saylor .................... 1st Townsman
Jack O'Shea ................... 1st Rube
Earle Hodgins ................. Plunkett
Val Benedict .................. Cowhand
Synopsis:
Bret enlists the aid of Bart, Dandy Jim, Gentleman Jack, Big Mike and
Samantha to pull off an elaborate con to get back at a banker who fleeced
him out of $15,000.

2.11 [--] Maverick:
ISLAND IN THE SWAMP
30Nov58 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Arlene Howell ................. Ladybird Forge
Erin O'Brien .................. Victoria Forge
Edgar Buchanan ................ Daddy Forge
Lane Fuller ................... Oliver Offord
Richard Reeves ................ Anthony Offord
Doye O'Dell ................... Herbert Forge
Albert Carrier ................ Phillipe Theirot
Roy Engel ..................... Sampson
George Dee .................... Andre
Synopsis:
Adrift in a rowboat, Bret ends up on an island inhabited by fugitive smugglers.

2.12 [--] Maverick:
PREY OF THE CAT
07Dec58 ABC Sun
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Wayne Morris .................. Pete Stillman
Patricia Barry ................ Kitty Stillman
Yvette Dugay .................. Raquel Morales
Barry Kelley .................. Sheriff
William Gordon ................ Fred Bender
William Bryant ................ Chase
Syd Saylor .................... Clerk, James
James Anderson ................ 1st Deputy
William Yip ................... Chan
Morgan Sha'an ................. 2nd Deputy
Synopsis:
Bart is suspected of murder when the widow of a recently killed
ranch owner takes a liking to him.
(UK: 28Nov59 ABC North/Midlands UK, Sat 9:00 pm)

2.13 [--] Maverick: HOLIDAY AT HOLLOW ROCK
14Dec58 ABC Sun
[AirDate Corrected Robert Dahl]
Written by Howard Browne
Directed by Richard L. Bare
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
William Reynolds .............. Ted Blake
Saundra Edwards ............... Nora Taylor
Tod Griffin ................... Jesse Carson
Emile Meyer ................... Colonel Arnold Taylor
Guy Wilkerson ................. Sam
George O'Hanlon ............... Morton Connors
Hugh Sanders .................. Jed Snyder
Don Harvey .................... Clyde
Lane Bradford ................. Matt Hendricks
Don Kelly ..................... Ira Swain
Chuck Cason ................... Pete
I. Stanford Jolley ............ Stableman
Roydon Clark .................. Chuck
Bob Steele .................... Billy
Synopsis:
Bret uses a Fourth of July horse race to expose a crooked sheriff.

2.14 [--] Maverick:
THE SPANISH DANCER
28Dec58 ABC Sun
[AirDate Corrected Robert Dahl]
Teleplay by Eric Freiwald, Robert Schaefer, Robert Smith
Story by Homer McCoy, Oscar Millard, Edward Seabrook
Directed by James V. Kern
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Richard Long .................. Gentleman Jack Darby (recurring)
Adele Mara .................... Elena Grande
Slim Pickens .................. Jed
Robert Bray ................... John Wilson
Tony Romano ................... Raul Onate
Ben Morris .................... Harry
Mark Tapscott ................. Charlie
Fred Graham ................... 1st Miner
John Mitchum .................. 2nd Miner
John McKee .................... 3rd Miner
Synopsis:
Bart, Gentleman Jack and a Spanish dancer go after a conman who did Bart out of a mine.

2.15 [--] Maverick:
GAME OF CHANCE
04Jan59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret), Jack Kelly (as Bart)
Guest Cast:
Roxane Berard ................. Countess de Barot
Marcel Dalio .................. Baron Dulot
Lou Krugman ................... Murdock
Jonathan Hole ................. San Francisco Jeweler
Fred Essler ................... German Jeweler
Terrence de Marney ............ Auctioneer
Synopsis:
Bret and Bart take a valuable pearl necklace as collateral for a loan to a French countess.

2.16 [--] Maverick:
GUN-SHY
11Jan59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Ben Gage ...................... Marshal Mort Dooley
Marshall Kent ................. Doc Stucke
Walker Edmiston ............... Clyde Diefendorfer
Kathleen O'Malley ............. Amy Ward
Reginald Owen ................. Freddie Hawkins
Gage Clarke ................... Kenneth P. Badger
Andra Martin .................. Virginia Adams
Roscoe Ares ................... Barfly
Doodles Weaver ................ Lem
Irene Tedrow .................. Mrs. Adams
William Fawcett ............... Rube
Iron Eyes Cody ................ Indian
Synopsis:
In a parody of Gunsmoke, the town marshall plans on ridding the town of
undesirables, including Bret who is searching for buried Confederate gold.

2.17 [--] Maverick:
TWO BEGGARS ON HORSEBACK [JG/JK]
18Jan59 ABC Sun
Produced by Roy Huggins
Directed by Douglas Heyes
Starring: James Garner (as Bret), Jack Kelly (as Bart)
Guest Cast:
Ray Teal ...................... Stryker
Patricia Barry ................ Jessamy Longacre
John Cliff .................... Sundown
Clem Bevans ................... Old Man
Will Wright ................... Gen. Hoyt Bosco
Roscoe Ares ................... Kibitzer
Duane Grey .................... Howie Horwitz (in-joke??)
Bret and Bart, each with a check for $10,000, race to the last
branch of a bankrupt bank that has $11,000 left in assets.
(UK: 19Jun60 Tyne-Tees, Sun 8:00 pm)

2.18 [--] Maverick:
THE RIVALS
25Jan59 ABC Sun
Directed by Leslie H. Martinson
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Pat Crowley ................... Lydia Linley
Roger Moore ................... Jack Vandergelt III
Neil Hamilton ................. Brig
Gen. Archibald Vandergelt
Dan Tobin ..................... Lucius Benson
Barbara Jo Allen .............. Mrs. Mallaver
Sandra Gould .................. Lucy
William Allyn ................. Livingston
Cher Stratton ................. Desk Clerk
Stanley Farrar ................ Doctor
Robert Carson ................. Hotel Manager
Ed Nelson ..................... Classmate
Rand Brooks ................... Second
Synopsis:
An English millionaire (Roger Moore) takes on Bret's identity to win
the affections of a young lady who can't stand wealthy men.

2.19 [--] Maverick:
DUEL AT SUNDOWN
01Feb59 ABC Sun
Teleplay by Richard Collins/ Story by Howard Browne
d: Arthur Lubin
Starring: James Garner (as Bret), Jack Kelly (as Bart)
Guest Cast:
Clint Eastwood ................ Red Hardigan
Abby Dalton ................... Carrie Christiansen
Edgar Buchanan ................ Jed Christiansen
James Griffith ................ John Wesley Hardin
Dan Sheridan .................. Doc Baxter
Clarke Alexander .............. Sheriff
Linda Lawson .................. Lily
Myrna Fahey ................... Susie
Synopsis:
Bret needs Bart's help after a rancher friend asks him to break up the
romance between the man's daughter and a two bit gunslinger.

2.20 [--] Maverick:
YELLOW RIVER
08Feb59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Patricia Breslin .............. Abigail Allen
Robert Conrad ................. Davie Barrows
Sam Buffington ................ Prof. von Schulenberg
Mike Lane ..................... Horace Cuseck
Robert Richards ............... Fred Grimes
Harry Hines ................... Pete Mulligan
Peter Miles ................... Jean Baxter
Kem Dibbs ..................... Mills
Stuart Bradley ................ Asher
Tol Avery ..................... Sawyer
Synopsis:
Bart is hired as a cattle drive boss by a beautiful blonde conwoman.

2.21 [--] Maverick:
THE SAGA OF WACO WILLIAMS
15Feb59 ABC Sun
Teleplay by Gene L. Coon/ Story by Montgomery Pittman
d: Leslie H. Martinson
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Wayde Preston ................. Waco Williams
Louise Fletcher ............... Kathy Bent
R.G. Armstrong ................ Col. Karl Bent
Brad Johnson .................. Karl Bent, Jr.
Ken Mayer ..................... Sheriff Boyd Tait
Hank Patterson ................ Perkins
Lane Bradford ................. Jack Regan
Harry Lauter .................. Bernie Adams
Syd Saylor .................... Menzies
Stephen Coit .................. Charlie
Synopsis:
Bret ends up mediating a settlement between homesteaders and cattleman
when he sets out to track down an outlaw with a price on his head.

2.22 [--] Maverick:
THE BRASADA SPUR
22Feb59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Hope Summers .................. Martha Abbot
Julie Adams ................... Belle Morgan
Patrick McVey ................. Roy Stafford
Ken Lynch ..................... Rufus Elgree
Ralph Neff .................... Horace Hogan
James Lydon ................... Terry McKenna
Robert Griffin ................ Adam Sheppley
Gertrude Flynn ................ Dorrit MacGregor
Fred Kruger ................... Cecil Barnes
Synopsis:
A wealthy widow who falls for Bart helps him get into an exclusive high stakes poker game.

2.23 [--] Maverick:
PASSAGE TO FORT DOOM
08Mar59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Nancy Gates ................... Mrs. Chapman
Diane McBain .................. Charlotte
Arlene Howell ................. Cindy Lou Brown
Fred Beir ..................... Lee Granger
John Alderson ................. Ben Chapman
Sheila Bromley ................ Mrs. Stanton
Charles Cooper ................ Claude Rogan
Alan Caillou .................. Fergus MacKenzie
Thomas B. Henry ............... Charles Stanton
Ron Hayes ..................... Joe
Rayford Barnes ................ Frank
Synopsis:
Bart meets an old girlfriend and runs into lots of trouble when he takes a
job as part of a stagecoach crew.

2.24 [--] Maverick:
TWO TICKETS TO TEN STRIKE
15Mar59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Connie Stevens ................ Frankie French
Adam West ..................... Vic Nolan
Andrea King ................... Mae Miller
William D. Gordon ............. Eddie Burke
Lyle Talbot ................... Martin Stone
Roscoe Ares ................... Barker
John Harmon ................... Stranger
Duane Grey .................... Sheriff
Synopsis:
Bret helps a girl he meets on a stage coach when she is accused of murder.

2.25 [--] Maverick:
BETRAYAL
22Mar59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: Jack Kelly (as Bart Maverick)
Guest Cast:
Patricia Crowley .............. Ann Saunders
Ruta Lee ...................... Laura Dillon
Morgan Jones .................. Buck Wilkerson
Don Barry ..................... Sheriff
J. Pat O'Malley ............... Mr. Dillon
Michael Dante ................. Outlaw
John Dennis ................... Pete
Edward Marr ................... Drummer
Harry Jackson ................. Poker Player
Stanley Adams ................. Link
A conwoman helps two men who robbed Bart escape from jail.

2.26 [--] Maverick:
THE STRANGE JOURNEY OF JENNY HILL
29Mar59 ABC Sun
w: UNKNOWN
d: UNKNOWN
Starring: James Garner (as Bret Maverick)
Guest Cast:
William Schallert ............. Carl
Peggy King .................... Jenny Hill
Sig Ruman ..................... Prof. Vegelius
Leo Gordon .................... Big Mike McComb
George Keymas ................. Sam
K.L. Smith .................... Starke
Mark Tapscott ................. Crowley
Michael Galloway .............. Jim Hedges
Synopsis:
Bret follows a singer who is on a concert tour hoping she will lead
him to her outlaw husband.

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