Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game that begins in a few days, so he joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvellous southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.
Mel Gibson
as Bret Maverick
Jodie Foster
as Annabelle Bransford
James Garner
as Marshal Zane Cooper
Graham Greene
as Joseph
Alfred Molina
as Angel
James Coburn
as Commodore Duvall
Dub Taylor
as Room Clerk
Geoffrey Lewis
as Matthew Wicker / Eugene, Banker
Paul L. Smith
as The Archduke
Dan Hedaya
as Twitchy, Riverboat Poker Player
Dennis Fimple
as Stuttering
Denver Pyle
as Old Gambler on Riverboat
