Bret is taken in by Englishmen "roughing it" in Wyoming, and has to lead them out of the desert when they become stranded.Bret is taken in by Englishmen "roughing it" in Wyoming, and has to lead them out of the desert when they become stranded.Bret is taken in by Englishmen "roughing it" in Wyoming, and has to lead them out of the desert when they become stranded.
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- TriviaThis show reunited 3 members of Darby's Rangers cast. Joan Elan and Reginald Owen were again aristocrat father and daughter. The only thing was in Darby's Rangers they never had a scene with Garner(Darby) as Elan played Hank's(Stuart Whitman) girlfriend in England.
- GoofsMaverick and the Belcastles are supposed to be in Wyoming, yet they are clearly among Joshua Trees, a plant found only in California, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah.
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[Maverick feeds the starving hunting party raw rattlesnake meat]
Lady Ellen Belcastle: I don't like it.
Bret Maverick: I don't suppose you've ever been in the Army. The first thing we were taught, you're not required to like it, you're just required to eat it.
- SoundtracksStreets of Laredo (Cowboy's Lament)
Performed by James Garner
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Colonel Blimp goes west
After coming off a desert where he lost his horse, Bret Maverick is grateful for any kind of rescue. Rescue comes in the form of the Belcastles an English family
which has bought a cattle ranch because it sounds like jolly good spot. The Belcastles include Seymour Green, Joan Elan , and the head of the clan Reginald Owen.
When back on the desert these three and James Garner are stripped of horses, water, food, and weapons and left stranded Garner is the only one who has some idea of what he's doing. But he's stymied by Owen who says by class he is the natural leader of the bunch.
Owen was the perfect characterization of the famous British cartoon figure from between the World Wars, Colonel Blimp. Blimp was this smug self satisfied aristocratic type who thought the British Empire was put on earth to bring law and order to the planet and it will last forever because God intends it so.
Anyway Garner is at his wit's end with this thick as a brick Englishman. But that's the fun in this Maverick story.
When back on the desert these three and James Garner are stripped of horses, water, food, and weapons and left stranded Garner is the only one who has some idea of what he's doing. But he's stymied by Owen who says by class he is the natural leader of the bunch.
Owen was the perfect characterization of the famous British cartoon figure from between the World Wars, Colonel Blimp. Blimp was this smug self satisfied aristocratic type who thought the British Empire was put on earth to bring law and order to the planet and it will last forever because God intends it so.
Anyway Garner is at his wit's end with this thick as a brick Englishman. But that's the fun in this Maverick story.
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- Aug 27, 2018
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