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Bart Maverick finds treasure chest full of Spanish coins
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"Maverick" was a one-hour television program which ran on the ABC television network from 1957 to 1962.
 
Maverick starred James Garner as Bret Maverick and Jack Kelly as his brother Bart Maverick. Both were gamblers and constantly getting into trouble. This episode only has Bart Maverick (Jack Kelly) in it.
 
This episode is titled "Plunder of Paradise" and was first broadcast on March 9, 1958.
 
Bart Maverick and Big Mike McComb (Leo Gordon) visit a remote Mexican village to search for a buried treasure. They encounter Dolly (Ruta Lee), a saloon singer, Grace Wheeler (Joan Weldon), a woman looking for her husband, and Mexican bandits.
 
They find the treasure which is a chest full of coins including imitations of Spanish coins.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
1. Title
Bart Maverick and Big Mike McComb are in a remote Mexican town.
 
Several people believe that there is a Spanish treasure chest nearby.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
2. Bart meets Grace Wheeler
Grace is here looking for her husband.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
3. Bart shows Grace a coin
Bart and Big Mike join the treasure hunters. Dolly then appears.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
4. Dolly and Grace
Dolly is a saloon entertainer and both are interested in Bart.
 
Some Mexican bandits are also looking for the treasure.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
5. Mexican bandits
The bandits chase the three into the hills.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
6. Bart, Grace, Big Mike
The three find a cave and enter it.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
7. Entering the cave
They find a chest.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
8. Treasure chest?
They open the chest.
 
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9. Treasure Yes!
The coins appear to be imitation or prop coins.
The one on the lower right has the reverse of a copy of a Spanish dollar or eight reales silver coin.
 
An example of a Spanish dollar coin:
 
Mexico reales 8 1806
10. Spanish silver dollar or eight reales 1806, Mexico City Mint
 
Back to the program:
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
11. In the cave
Some Mexican officials arrive.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
12. Mexican officials
The officals claim the treasure.
 
Maverick - Plunder of Paradise
13. Bart kept one coin
Cast, Directors, Writers:
 
Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick
Leo Gordon as Big Mike McComb
Ruta Lee as Dolly
Joan Weldon as Grace Wheeler
 
Jay Novello as Paco Torres
Rico Alaniz as Fernando
Eugene Iglesias as Ricardo
 
Director: Douglas Heyes
Writers: Douglas Heyes
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