5 Season
124 Episode
Maverick - Season 1 Episode 3 According to Hoyle
Samantha Crawford is a con artist employed by George Cross. Cross once lost $50,000 to Bret Maverick and is determined to get it back. Two riverboat owners staked Maverick $5,000 which he promptly loses to Samantha. Samantha claims Cross is her father and needs the money to get out of jail. Maverick forms a partnership with Samantha and purchases gambling equipment in a scheme to put Joe Riggs, a crooked game room owner, out of business. Samantha and Cross doublecross Maverick by selling the equipment to Riggs.
- Year: 1962
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Western
- Studio: ABC
- Keyword: poker, brother, riverboat, professional gambler
- Director: Roy Huggins
- Cast: Jack Kelly