Duel at Sundown (Maverick)

"Duel at Sundown" is a 1959 episode of the Western comedy television series Maverick starring 31-year-old James Garner and 29-year-old Clint Eastwood. A mean killer (Eastwood) becomes jealous when Bret Maverick (Garner) begins spending time with his girlfriend (Abby Dalton), the daughter of Bret's old friend (Edgar Buchanan), who desperately wants Bret to marry her before Eastwood's evil character does so.

"Duel at Sundown"
Maverick episode
James Garner as Bret Maverick
Episode no.	Season 2 Episode 19
Directed by	Arthur Lubin
Story by	Howard Browne
Teleplay by	Richard J. Collins
Original air date	February 1, 1959 (1959-02-01)

An epic fistfight between Garner and Eastwood segues into a surprising showdown between Bret and gunslinger John Wesley Hardin in which Maverick fans his pistol. "Hardin" turns out to be Bret's brother Bart (Jack Kelly), who'd been recruited to help frighten Eastwood's character. As Bret and Bart depart the town on horseback at the episode's conclusion, they run into the real Hardin, already angrily riding in to hunt down and murder the man who "killed" him. Eastwood is billed fifth in the cast but his onscreen time is as ample as anyone else's except Garner's. The episode was written by Richard J. Collins from a story by Howard Browne, and directed by Arthur Lubin.