Maverick
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69% Critic Match

Maverick

In their hands, a deck of cards was the only thing more dangerous than a gun.

6.9 / 10 1994 2h 7mPG English
ActionAdventureComedyDramaWestern

Storyline

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Cast & Crew

Mel Gibson

Mel Gibson

Bret Maverick

Lead
Jodie Foster

Jodie Foster

Annabelle Bransford

James Garner

James Garner

Marshal Zane Cooper

Graham Greene

Graham Greene

Joseph

Alfred Molina

Alfred Molina

Angel

James Coburn

James Coburn

Commodore Duvall

Dub Taylor

Dub Taylor

Room Clerk

Geoffrey Lewis

Geoffrey Lewis

Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Richard Donner's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Maverick is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker