A thinking man’s TV series, Maverick ran on ABC from 1957 to 1962. Brothers Bret and Bart Maverick aspired to live by their wits whenever they could, which made sense, since they were professional gamblers. Unfortunately they were always getting punched, robbed, conned or bested; for a couple of smart guys, gambling was not a wise career choice. In the first season of the series, the two Texas-born brothers become galvanized Yankees, allowed out of a Union prison to fight Indians. After the
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