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Maverick Season 3 Episodes
Season 3 Episode Guide
26 Episodes 1959 - 1960
Episode 1
Pappy
Sun, Sep 13, 1959 60 mins
Beau Maverick, the much-fabled Pappy of Bret and Bart, shakes Texas to its roots with the announcement that he's about to marry...a teenager. Bret/Beau: James Garner. Bart/Bentley: Jack Kelly. Rudolph: Adam West. Rene: Henry Daniell. Dan: Troy Donahue. Gida: Virginia Gregg. Bronze: John Hubbard. Josephine: Kaye Elhardt.
Episode 2
Royal Four Flush
Sun, Sep 20, 1959 60 mins
Bart (Jack Kelly) double-crosses a double-crosser---and winds up hog-tied and kidnapped, with only his wits as a weapon with which to save his neck. Liz: Roxane Berard. Fitzgerald: David Frankham. Mason: Arch Johnson. Judy: Roberta Shore. David: Jimmy Baird. Harry: Raymond Hatton.
Episode 3
Sheriff of Duck 'N Shoot
Sun, Sep 27, 1959 60 mins
Sheriff Bret Maverick astounds himself by taming the West's wildest town. But he needs help when a beautiful woman lands him in his own jail. Melissa: Peggy McCay. Waker: Chubby Johnson. Judge Hardy: Jack Mather. Leslie: Donald Barry. Danton: James Gavin. Bimbo: Hal Baylor.
Episode 4
You Can't Beat the Percentages
Sun, Oct 4, 1959 60 mins
Bart is involved in a bizarre murder plot in which he's high on the list of planned victims. Lindell: Gerald Mohr. Myra: Karen Steele. Pop: Tim Graham. Sheriff: Dan Riss. Charley: Michael Harris. Dealer: Joe Patridge. Brazos: Ray Daley.
Episode 5
Cats of Paradise
Sun, Oct 11, 1959 60 mins
Bret and Modesty Blaine (Mona Freeman) enter into a partnership---to sell cats to a mining camp overrun by rats. Sheriff: Buddy Ebsen. Bret: James Garner. Norcosse: Lance Fuller. Mayor: Wendell Holmes. Wilkins: Earl Hansen. Gimbel: Richard Deacon.
Episode 6
Tale of Three Cities
Sun, Oct 18, 1959 60 mins
Bart has trouble retrieving his poker winnings from thieves. But help is on the way---from the local Ladies Aid Society. Sheriff: Ben Gage. Hampton: Edward Kemmer. Hannah: Barbara Jo Adams. Sam: Frank Richards. Pete: Leake Bevil.
Episode 7
Full House
Sun, Oct 25, 1959 60 mins
Mild-mannered Bret (James Garner) is in a ticklish situation: he's leading the West's most notorious outlaws in a raid on the Denver mint. Foxy: Robert Lowery. Belle: Jean Willes. Marshall: Gordon Jones. Billy the Kid: Joel Grey. Bass: Kelly Thordson. James: William Shaw. Dalton: Royden Clark.
Episode 8
Lass with the Poisonous Air
Sun, Nov 1, 1959 60 mins
After a rebuff by a mysterious woman, Bart's left holding the bag---for murder. Linda Burke: Joanna Moore. Burke: Howard Petrie. Deevers: Stacy Keach. Dana: John Reach. Pop: Francis J. McDonald.
Episode 9
Ghost Soldiers
Sun, Nov 8, 1959 60 mins
In "Ghost Soldiers," Bret gallantly tries to ward off an Indian tribe by pretending he's a ghost, but a suspicious chief (Paul Clarke) causes him to reconsider. Baines: James Westerfield. Bret: James Garner. Daggott: Ted Otis. Red Wing: Stuart Randall.
Episode 10
Easy Mark
Sun, Nov 15, 1959 60 mins
Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly), for whom cowardice is a virtue, "turns yellow" when he learns that his friendship with a tycoon could cost him his life. Van Rensselaer: Wynn Pearce. Abigail: Pippa Scott. Jeannie: Nita Talbot. Hambledon: Edgar Buchanan. McFearson: Douglas Kennedy.
Episode 11
A Fellow's Brother
Sun, Nov 22, 1959 60 mins
Bret (James Garner) is up to his gun belt in trouble: the benign and bewildered cowboy has won himself a reputation as top gun in the West. Arnett: Adam West. Smoky: Gary Vinson. Holly: Diane McBain. Bart: Jack Kelly. Enoch: Wally Brown. Sheriff: Robert Foulk. Jed: Bing Russell.
Episode 12
Trooper Maverick
Sun, Nov 29, 1959 60 mins
Bart swings into trouble when he tries to help the Cavalry uncover a traitor---and winds up facing a hangman's rope. Catherine: Suzanne Lloyd. Benedict: Myron Healey. Rogers: Mark Tapscott. Heaven: Sammy Jackson. Schumacher: Joe Sawyer.
Episode 13
Maverick Springs
Sun, Dec 6, 1959 60 mins
Bret (James Garner), posing as a wealthy Texas colonel, tries to save a rich young man from the schemes of a beautiful con artist. Melanie: Kathleen Crowley. Bart: Jack Kelly. Dawson: King Donovan. Flannery: Tol Avery. Kate: Doris Packer. Mason: Leslie Barrett. Prof. Kronkhite: Sig Ruman.
Episode 14
Goose Drownder
Sun, Dec 13, 1959 60 mins
Taking shelter in a ghost town, Bart impatiently awaits a storm's end. But when four gunmen arrive, he fears he'll never get out alive. Darby: Richard Long. Gillis: Will Wright. Rance: H.M. Wynant. Red Harring: Robert Nichols. Hurley: Clarke Alexander.
Episode 15
A Cure for Johnny Rain
Sun, Dec 20, 1959 60 mins
Bret (James Garner) meets a schizophrenic cowboy (William Reynolds) who offers friendship on one hand---and a gun in the other. Millie: Dolores Donlon. Tinhorn: John Vivyan. Mayor: Thomas B. Henry.
Episode 16
Marquesa
Sun, Jan 3, 1960 60 mins
Bart (Jack Kelly) travels to Santa Leora to claim the saloon he has won. But a stubborn marquesa and her shady cohorts do not welcome him warmly. Marquesa: Adele Mara. Pepe: Jay Novello. Wingate: Edward Ashley. Judge: Morris Ankrum. Ortiz: Carlos Romero. Ruiz: Rodolfo Hoyos.
Episode 17
Cruise of the Cynthia B
Sun, Jan 10, 1960 60 mins
Bret is one of seven owners of a riverboat on which a deadly game of 10 Little Indians is being played---among the owners. Modesty: Mona Freeman. MacKenzie: Jack Livesey. Smith: Karl Weber.
Episode 18
Maverick and Juliet
Sun, Jan 17, 1960 60 mins
Bret's freedom hinges on the outcome of a card game. He's ecstatic---until he meets his opponent: Bart, who will make a bundle if he wins. Juliet: Carole Wells. Sonny: Steve Terrell. Ty: Michael Garrett. Carteret: Jack Mather. Mrs. Carteret: Sarah Selby. Montgomery: Rhys Williams.
Episode 19
White Widow
Sun, Jan 24, 1960 60 mins
A beautiful widow (Julie Adams) asks Bart to protect her from an unknown killer. He accepts---unaware that he is the intended victim. Bart: Jack Kelly. Manton: Richard Webb. Mayor: Ross Elliott. Sheriff: Don Kennedy. Pilar: Pilar Seurat. Brinks: Jack Bryan.
Episode 20
Guatemala City
Sun, Jan 31, 1960 49 mins
Bret falls for a woman, but she disappears unexpectedly. He tracks her to Guatemala City, where he finds her living under an assumed name.
Episode 21
People's Friend
Sun, Feb 7, 1960 60 mins
A candidate for office, Bart (Jack Kelly) is running scared. His opponent threatens to kill him if he wins---and the voters are crazy about him. Cosgrove: R.G. Armstrong. Penelope: Merry Anders. Sheriff: Walter Sande. Greeley: John Litel. Culpepper: Francis DeSales. Gantry: John Zaremba. Clayton: Donald Kirke.
Episode 22
A Flock of Trouble
Sun, Feb 14, 1960 60 mins
Bret (James Garner) wins a sheep ranch located in the midst of cattle ranchers whose sole aim is to wipe out the sheep---and their new owner. Scott: George Wallace. Dee: Myrna Fahey. Jensen: Tim Graham. Cain: Don Rhodes. Basco: Armand Alzamora.
Episode 23
Iron Hand
Sun, Feb 21, 1960 60 mins
Hired to protect a cattle drive, Bart (Jack Kelly) dutifully chases Indians---while a masterful swindle takes place right under his nose. Connie: Susan Morrow. Wingate: Edward Ashley. Vermillion: Anthony Caruso. Major: Antony Eustrel. Ursula: Joan Elan.
Episode 24
The Resurrection of Joe November
Sun, Feb 28, 1960 60 mins
A $10,000 temptation puts Bret unwittingly in the middle of a fantastic smuggling scheme. Felice: Joanna Barnes. Baron: Charles Maxwell. Willie: Donald Barry. Veronique: Roxane Berard. Bessie: Nita Talbot. Ambrose: Harry Cheshire.
Episode 25
Misfortune Teller
Sun, Mar 6, 1960 60 mins
Bret (James Garner) is fighting a murder charge. But when he meets his lawyer---a numerologist, astrologer and bungler---he knows his number is up. Luke: Alan Mowbray. Melanie: Kathleen Crowley. Sheriff: Ben Gage. Grady: Emory Parnell.
Episode 26
Greenbacks Unlimited
Sun, Mar 13, 1960 60 mins
Bank robber Big Ed Murphy (John Dehner) is at his wit's end: Someone keeps beating him to the loot---and that someone is Bret (James Garner). Foursquare: Gage Clarke. Dutton: Wendell Holmes. Marshall: Roy Engle. Secretary: Jonathan Hole. Bartender: Ray Walker. Driscoll: Robert Nichols.
