Film legends James Garner and Clint Eastwood worked together for the first time
in this Maverick story. It would be 40 years before they would be together again,
this time on the big screen in Space Cowboys.
James Garner while visiting Edgar Buchanan at his ranch gets caught up in the wily old codger's machinations. Buchanan starts pushing him toward daughter Abby Dalton because he doesn't like the fact she's seeing young Clint Eastwood.
Eastwood is a bully and a lout, unfortunately he's also a fast gun and he's the jealous type. Maverick has to use his own wily brain to avoid a shootout with him.
This is a different kind of role than what you normally might see from Clint Eastwood on the big screen. He handles it well.
And the episode itself is small and big screen history.
James Garner while visiting Edgar Buchanan at his ranch gets caught up in the wily old codger's machinations. Buchanan starts pushing him toward daughter Abby Dalton because he doesn't like the fact she's seeing young Clint Eastwood.
Eastwood is a bully and a lout, unfortunately he's also a fast gun and he's the jealous type. Maverick has to use his own wily brain to avoid a shootout with him.
This is a different kind of role than what you normally might see from Clint Eastwood on the big screen. He handles it well.
And the episode itself is small and big screen history.