| Young Maverick | |
|---|---|
| Genre | |
| Developed by | Juanita Bartlett |
| Directed by | |
| Starring | |
| Theme music composer | David Buttolph |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 8(list of episodes) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Robert Van Scoyk |
| Producer | Chuck Bowman |
| Production location | California |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company | Warner Bros. Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | CBS |
| Release | November 28, 1979 (1979-11-28) – January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) |
Young Maverick is a 1979Western television series and a sequel to the 1957–1962 seriesMaverick, which had starredJames Garner as roving gambler Bret Maverick.Charles Frank played Ben Maverick, the son of Bret'sfirst cousinBeau Maverick, making him Bret'sfirst cousin once removed.[1][2] Frank's real-life wifeSusan Blanchard played his girlfriend Nell, whileJohn Dehner (a frequent guest-star in various roles in severalMaverick episodes including "Shady Deal at Sunny Acres") appeared as a frontier marshal who had arrested Ben's father Beau decades before. The series was cancelled byCBS after six hour-long episodes had been shown, leaving two which were never aired on the network.[3] All eight episodes were screened later that year on BBC1 in the UK.
The 1978 TV-movieThe New Maverick, featuring Garner as Bret, Frank as Ben,Jack Kelly as Bret's brotherBart Maverick, and Blanchard as Nell, served as the pilot for the series. Kelly did not appear in the seriesYoung Maverick, although the character of Bret Maverick was featured in the opening minutes of the first episode "Clancy".
Among the actors appearing onYoung Maverick wereHoward Duff,John McIntire,James Woods,Donna Mills (all in "Dead Man's Hand," parts 1 and 2),J. Pat O'Malley ("A Fistful Of Oats"),Morgan Fairchild,John Hillerman (both "Makin' Tracks") andHarry Dean Stanton.Roger Moore, who played Beau Maverick (Ben's father) in the original series, never appeared inYoung Maverick. Despite the title, Frank was three years older than Garner had been at the launch of the original series.
| No. | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Clancy" | Bernard McEveety | David E. Peckinpah | November 28, 1979 (1979-11-28) |
| 2 | "A Fistful of Oats" | Norm Liebmann | Don McDougall | December 5, 1979 (1979-12-05) |
| 3 | "Hearts O' Gold" | Leslie H. Martinson | Robert van Scoyk | December 12, 1979 (1979-12-12) |
| 4 | "Dead Man's Hand: Part 1" | Hy Averback | Robert van Scoyk | December 26, 1979 (1979-12-26) |
| 5 | "Dead Man's Hand: Part 2" | Hy Averback | Robert van Scoyk | January 2, 1980 (1980-01-02) |
| 6 | "Makin' Tracks" | Ralph Senensky | Norm Liebmann | January 9, 1980 (1980-01-09) |
| 7 | "Have I Got a Girl for You" | Bob Claver | Jerry Ross | January 16, 1980 (1980-01-16) |
| 8 | "Half-Past Noon" | Hollingsworth Morse | Lois Hire | January 30, 1980 (1980-01-30) |
On March 1, 2016,Warner Archive Collection releasedYoung Maverick- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1 for the very first time.[4] This is a manufacture-on-demand (MOD) release, available exclusively through Warner's online store andAmazon.com.