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The movie opens with an empty house, cameras pan around from the perspective of what viewers are confused about at first, but turns out to be a spirit living in the home.
Maverick (1994)
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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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.
Rating:PG
Genre:Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Written By:William Goldman
In Theaters:5/20/1994
Box Office:$183,031,272
Runtime:127 minutes
Studio:Warner Bros. Pictures, Icon Productions, Donner/Shuler-Donner Productions
Cast
Richard Donner
Director
Mel Gibson
Bret Maverick
Jodie Foster
Annabelle Bransford
James Garner
Marshal Zane Cooper
Graham Greene
Joseph
Alfred Molina
Angel
James Coburn
Commodore Duvall
Dub Taylor
Room Clerk
Geoffrey Lewis
Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker
Paul L. Smith
The Archduke
Dan Hedaya
Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player
Dennis Fimple
Stuttering
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