From director Richard Donner (The Omen, Lethal Weapons 1-4), this did look like quite a fun western, and I noticed some good names in the cast, so I was certainly going to try it. Basically Bret Maverick (Mel Gibson) is hoping to save up $25,000 to enter the big Winner Takes All poker tournament, and he is $3000 off the amount he needs. While trying to get the rest of the money, and practising his poker skills, Bret meets Annabelle Bransford (Jodie Foster), a cunning con artist, and they seem to be quite a match. Bret is making one or two enemies, including with Angel (Spider-Man 2's Alfred Molina), but after a long while of missing opportunities of money, and some fights, Bret does raise the money for the game. The full prize for the winner is a full $1,000,000, and in the end, Bret does win with a royal flush, but Marshal Zane Cooper (James Garner, played Bret Maverick in the original TV series) decides to take the money himself, only for us to find out he is Bret's father in the end. Also starring Graham Greene as Joseph, James Coburn as Commodore Duvall, Dub Taylor as Room Clerk, Geoffrey Lewis as Matthew Wicker, Paul L. Smith as The Archduke, Dan Hedaya as Twitchy - Riverboat Poker Player, The Goonies' Corey Feldman as Bank Robber and Lethal Weapon's Danny Glover as Bank Robber. Gibson is likable as the lead character, Foster has her small moments, and it is mainly the poker games that are most fun to watch. It was nominated the Oscar for Best Costume Design. Worth watching!