The Lazy Ace: Part 1

Episode aired Dec 1, 1981
1h 38m

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

163

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Drama Western

Bret Maverick wins a saloon in a poker game and decides to end his roving ways and settle down in Sweetwater, Arizona. He takes on as a partner the former sheriff who comes with a shady back... Read allBret Maverick wins a saloon in a poker game and decides to end his roving ways and settle down in Sweetwater, Arizona. He takes on as a partner the former sheriff who comes with a shady background.Bret Maverick wins a saloon in a poker game and decides to end his roving ways and settle down in Sweetwater, Arizona. He takes on as a partner the former sheriff who comes with a shady background.

IMDb RATING

7.2/10

163

YOUR RATING

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Trivia
At 63, John McLiam is possibly the oldest actor to play Doc Holliday, who died at the age of 36.

Goofs
The series takes place in the Territory of Arizona. But the Arizona State flag is shown flying below the Mitchel Dowd For Sheriff sign. The Arizona State flag was not adopted until 1917, five years AFTER Arizona statehood.

Quotes
Cy Whittaker: If brains were leather, Philo Sandine couldn't saddle a bug.

Connections
Followed by Maverick (1994)

Soundtracks
Maverick Didn't Come Here to Lose
Written by Ed Bruce, Patsy Bruce & Glenn Ray
Performed by Ed Bruce & James Garner

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Featured review

5/10

Good entertainment ,but old spark is missing.

Maverick was perhaps the most imaginative and best written TV series of the early days of television. It made a star of Garner, whose accomplished career continues to thrive a half century later.

This film was enjoyable and as always, Bret finds his schemes for big $$$ thwarted at nearly every turn. Garner was born to play this role and his scenes are excellent. Ed Bruce was better than I expected and Bill McKinney is always an excellent bad guy.

However, the old Maverick spark is missing somehow from the overall production. The film is an average TV movie at best , but I recommend seeing the series before catching this one.

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