James Garner stars as charming gambler Bret Maverick in this, the first episode of the long-running Western television series Maverick. In Maverick: War of the Silver Kings, Bret bluffs his way into winning the pot in a high-stakes poker game. However, in doing so, he makes an enemy of a wealthy and powerful mine owner, who hires out gunman Big Mike Macomb (Leo Gordon) to get revenge against Maverick. "War of the Silver Kings" first aired on September 22, 1957.