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Dateline: Sweetwater

Episode Number: 7    Season Num: 1    First Aired: Tuesday January 12, 1982    Prod Code: 167506
A Tucson land combine attempts a takeover of Sweetwater businesses using Chicago gangster methods but Bret comes up with a scheme to get rid of the combine.

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Writer: Ira Steven Behr
Director: William Wiard
Star: Darleen Carr (Mary Lou Springer),  James Garner (Bret Maverick),  Ramon Bieri (Elijah Crow),  Richard Hamilton (Cy Whittaker),  John Shearin (Sheriff Mitchell Dowd),  David Knell (Rodney Catlow),  Ed Bruce (Tom Guthrie)
Recurring Role: Priscilla Morrill (Mrs. Springer),  Jack Garner (Jack),  Luis Delgado (Shifty Delgrado)
Guest Star: Brandy Rubin (Ellie Davis),  Ed Nelson (Andrew J. Tendall),  Byron Morrow (Shaw),  Norman Merrill Jr. (Desk Clerk),  Roy Jenson (Monte),  Charles Hutchins (Osheroff),  William Bryant (John Davis),  Joshua Bryant (Bill Sharples/Busted Bill Farley),  Howie Allen (Peter Davis),  Richard O'Brien (Steven Hennessey),  Barry Cahill (Moran)

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Ed Nelson is one of the few actors who appeared in both the original and revival series of Maverick. Earlier, he had guest starred in three episodes of the 1957-62 series. (edit)

Quotes

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Pappyism: When the light at the end of the tunnel is attached to another train it's time to switch railroads. (edit)
Mary Lou: I got a sense something very shady is going on.
Bret: So naturally you figured I'd know all about it? (edit)
Crow: There's very little in a town like Sweetwater that would interest a man like you.
Tendall: You'd be surprised, Mr. Crow. (edit)
Bret: You want a priceless memory, Tendall, just go home and tell your mother what you do for a living. (edit)
Davis: We've known each other a long time, Elijah, and I don't recall you ever telling the truth when it comes to business. (edit)

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