Bret wins a camel in a poker game run by a crooked casino owner. Trouble ensues when Bret wins big money from the owner despite efforts to cheat him. Now Bret's got to face a hired gun and figure out what to do with a camel.
Fans of the series can spot classic Maverick touches in the first half, before the entry reverts to a more scenic but conventional chase sequence. This early episode (1957) shows how the producers haven't yet settled on the tongue-in-cheek that separated the series from the pack. Nonetheless, the 60-minutes remains a pretty good combination of wit and action.
(In passing— For some reason IMDb doesn't credit Vasquez Rocks, northeast of LA, as the extensively used location site.)