MAVERICK: THE DAY THEY HANGED BRET MAVERICK {SECOND SEASON PREMIERE} (TV)

Summary

One in this series of offbeat western dramas about the Mavericks, unlikely heroes who prefer gambling to gunplay. In this episode, Bret Maverick, framed for a Wells Fargo robbery, is tried, convicted, and sentenced to hang. Maverick must rely on his fast talking and his smooth way with women to help him escape. Includes commercials.

Details

• NETWORK: ABC
• DATE: September 21, 1958 7:30 PM
• RUNNING TIME: 0:59:19
• COLOR/B&W: B&W
• CATALOG ID: T80:0345
• GENRE: Drama, western
• SUBJECT HEADING: Drama, western
• SERIES RUN: ABC - TV series, 1957-1962
• COMMERCIALS:
  • TV - Commercials - Kaiser

CREDITS

• William T. Orr … Executive Producer
• Roy Huggins … Producer
• Douglas Heyes … Director, Writer
• David Buttolph … Theme Music by
• Paul Francis Webster … Theme Music by
• James Garner … Cast, Bret Maverick
• Jack Kelly … Cast, Bart Maverick
• Whitney Blake … Cast, Molly
• Ray Teal … Cast, Sheriff Tucker
• Jay Novello … Cast, Coroner Oliver Poole
• Robert E. Griffin … Cast, Mayor
• John Cliff … Cast, Cliff Sharp
• Burt Mustin … Cast, Henry
• Hal Hopper … Cast, Stanley
• Roy Erwin … Cast, Claude