Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.Bret Maverick, needing money for a poker tournament, faces various comic mishaps and challenges, including a charming woman thief.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 1 win & 2 nominations total
Art LaFleur
- Poker Player
- (as Art La Fleur)
Leo Gordon
- Poker Player
- (as Leo V. Gordon)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaNear the movie's beginning, Maverick asks the young man wearing the bowler hat at the poker table, who claims to be a gunfighter, what his name is. He answers, "Johnny Hardin," and Maverick fumbles his chips pretending to be scared, but then clowns around pointing his own gun at the youth. The real John Wesley Hardin was a notoriously fast, volatile and deadly gunfighter of the Old West, who shot and killed more than 40 men, before being shot in the back of the head in 1895.
- GoofsAnnabelle gives her dealer a $1000 chip in the poker tournament before the final table. This is common in cash games in which money is won after each hand. Unlike cash games however, tournament chips have no money value and cannot be exchanged for cash.
That scene was played for laughs.
- Alternate versionsThe post-2003 release plasters the 1992 Warner Bros. opening logo with the 1999 CGI variant featuring the TimeWarner byline.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Troldspejlet: Episode #10.11 (1994)
- SoundtracksRide Gambler Ride
Written and Performed by Randy Newman
[this is the film's theme song but only plays over end credits]
Featured review
I Recently saw this film for the second time and the film is really amusing.
Mel Gibson plays his roll terrific and the film has a great number of unexpected developments.
The film is really enjoyable and i think the nomination for the Oscar is justified.
I think that the majority of people agree with me on this and that this film has become a classic over the years.
The story is surprising and unexpected developments,the action and humor make it that this film has become such a great popularity.
Mel Gibson plays his roll terrific and the film has a great number of unexpected developments.
The film is really enjoyable and i think the nomination for the Oscar is justified.
I think that the majority of people agree with me on this and that this film has become a classic over the years.
The story is surprising and unexpected developments,the action and humor make it that this film has become such a great popularity.
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- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Tay Chơi Siêu Hạng
- Filming locations
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Box office
- Budget
- $75,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $101,631,272
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $17,248,545
- May 22, 1994
- Gross worldwide
- $183,031,272
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