Editing James Garner (section)

====''The New Maverick'' (1978)====
Garner and Jack Kelly reappeared as Bret and Bart Maverick in a 1978 made-for-television film titled ''[[The New Maverick]]'' written by [[Juanita Bartlett]], directed by [[Hy Averback]], and also starring [[Susan Sullivan]] as [[Poker Alice]]. As had often been the case in [[List of Maverick episodes|episodes]] of the original series, Bret's brother Bart shows up only briefly toward the end.

''The New Maverick'' served as the pilot for a failed television series, ''[[Young Maverick]]'', featuring the adventures of Bret and Bart's younger cousin Ben Maverick, portrayed in both ''The New Maverick'' and ''Young Maverick'' by [[Charles Frank]]. The series itself, which presented Garner for only a few moments at the beginning of the first show, was canceled so rapidly that some of the episodes filmed were never broadcast in the United States. Despite the title, Frank was three years older than Garner had been at the launch of the original series.