Film

Maverick 1994

Directed by Richard Donner

  • Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
  • 127 min
  • PG

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

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.

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