History Trivia / Maverick

* AllStarCast: Within the many [[TheCameo cameos]]. Country singers and old western-actors have supporting roles, especially during the All River's Draw Poker Championship, as Robert Fuller, Creator/DenverPyle, Creator/WilliamSmith or [[Film/{{Blacula}} William Marshall]].

* AllStarCast: Within the many [[TheCameo cameos]]. Country singers and old western-actors have supporting roles, especially during the All River's Draw Poker Championship, as Robert Fuller, Denver Pyle, William Smith or [[Film/{{Blacula}} William Marshall]].

* RoleReprise: Given the reveal that [[spoiler: Zane Cooper is actually Maverick's father]] it means that [[spoiler: James Garner was reprising the role he played in the episode "Pappy".]]

* DawsonCasting: Even though Bret was older than Bart, Jack Kelly was nearly seventh months older than Creator/JamesGarner.

* DeletedScene: In ''Five Screenplays with Essays'', Creator/WilliamGoldman describes an earlier version of the script, in which Maverick explains he has a magic ability to call the card he needs out of the deck. Although he is not able to do so successfully, the old hermit he attempts to demonstrate it for tells him that he really does have the magic in him. This scene was shot with Linda Hunt playing the hermit but it was felt it did not work in the context of the rest of the movie and was cut.

* ThrowItIn: Annabelle's gracelessness in the film stems from the first scene Creator/JodieFoster shot, when she waited for Creator/MelGibson to help her down from the stagecoach. Instead, he took her parasol and walked away. She tried to get down alone, and flopped to the ground. Creator/RichardDonner liked it so much that he kept the shot in the film, and staged more scenes of Foster stumbling, being dumped through windows, etc.

* AlanSmithee: On the score album, the last track is a saloon song called "[[GettingCrapPastTheRadar Tartine De Merde]]", whose singer is billed as "[[Film/ThreeAmigos S. Bush]]." Have a look at the music credit on the poster above there to see his real name.

* WrittenByCastMember: In addition to making regular appearances as Big Mike [=McComb=], Leo Gordon, also wrote several episodes of the series.

** Linda Hunt and Creator/ClintWalker both had cameo roles in this film, Hunt playing a magician and Walker playing a sheriff. However, the film itself ran too long, so their parts were cut from the theatrical release.

* WrittenByCastmember: In addition to making regular appearances as Big Mike [=McComb=], Leo Gordon, also wrote several episodes of the series.

* DawsonCasting: Even though Bret was older than Bart, Jack Kelly was nearly seventh months older than James Garner.

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* IWantYouToMeetAnOldFriendOfMine
** The [[spoiler:Creator/DannyGlover]] gag in the bank robbery scene.
** This scene is actually a two-fer. [[spoiler:Glover]] we get to see, but [[spoiler:Creator/CoreyFeldman]] was also part of the gang.

** Linda Hunt and Clint Walker both had cameo roles in this film, Hunt playing a magician and Walker playing a sheriff. However, the film itself ran too long, so their parts were cut from the theatrical release.

* SeperatedAtBirthCasting: The producers cast Robert Colbert as Brent Maverick, due to having a similar look to James Garner, and they even ordered him to wear a costume identical to that worn by Garner. Because of the obvious comparisons this would bring, Colbert told them, "Put me in a dress and call me Brenda, but don't do this to me!"

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: A then-unknown Creator/SeanConnery was originally offered the role of Beau Maverick. Who got the part? Creator/RogerMoore.

* ActorAllusion: During Creator/DannyGlover's cameo, as he and Creator/MelGibson come face to face and they act like they recognize one another, the two note guitar overture from ''Film/LethalWeapon'' faintly plays.

* CastingGag:
** A bank robber (who states that he's "getting too old for this") is played by Danny Glover, who co-starred with Gibson in ''Film/LethalWeapon''.
** Several cheats in the big riverboat championship are thrown overboard. The first is Music/ClintBlack, who is also the singer of the song over the very montage he's tossed out in.

** The [[spoiler:Danny Glover]] gag in the bank robbery scene.
** This scene is actually a two-fer. [[spoiler:Glover]] we get to see, but [[spoiler:Corey Feldman]] was also part of the gang.

* WrittenByCastmember: In addition to making regular appearances as Big Mike McComb, Leo Gordon, also wrote several episodes of the series.

* ActorAllusion: During Danny Glover's cameo, as he and Mel Gibson come face to face and they act like they recognize one another, the two note guitar overture from ''Film/LethalWeapon'' faintly plays.

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* ActorAllusion: During Danny Glover's cameo, as he and Mel Gibson come face to face and they act like they recognize one another, the two note guitar overture from ''LethalWeapon'' faintly plays.

* CastingGag:
** A bankrobber (who states that he's "getting too old for this") is played by Danny Glover, who co-starred with Gibson in ''Film/LethalWeapon''. Also an ActorAllusion.
** Similarly, several cheats in the big riverboat championship are thrown overboard. The first is Clint Black, who is also the singer of the song over the very montage he's tossed out in.

** A bankrobber (who states that he's "getting too old for this") is played by Danny Glover, who co-starred with Gibson in ''LethalWeapon''. Also an ActorAllusion.

* ActorAllusion: Several: A bankrobber (who states that he's "getting too old for this") is played by Danny Glover, who co-starred with Gibson in ''LethalWeapon''.
* CastingGag: See ActorAllusion, above.