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Stop him, please.

That man in there, he's trying to kill me.

From the entertainment capital of the world, produced for television by Warner

Brothers.

Silver City, New Mexico, is a quiet little town devoted to the arts. For

example, there's the art of the dance, as practiced nightly in the concert hall

of the Bella Union.

Large numbers of citizens less interested in the arts devote long hours

-improvement.

Altogether, Silver City is a fine little town, if you have the strength.

They also play poker in Silver City.

And as in any other town, they hate to see a winner quit.

Well, gentlemen, that's all for me tonight.

I'm down a thousand, Maverick. You're into me for 500.

You can't quit now.

Gentlemen, as my pappy used to say, he who plays and runs away lives to run

another day.

You're a foolish man, Maverick.

You're in a winning streak.

That's right.

That's just why I'm quitting, boys.

It wouldn't be fair to keep playing with you gentlemen.

Willie.

Let me have the order for number six.

Now, Willie, right away.

Not so loud.

Over here.

What's the big hurry?

He stopped playing.

Here's your money.

No.

Ten dollars is what you said.

I changed my mind.

Twenty dollars is what I want.

All right.

Thank you, gentlemen, and a pleasant good evening.

Good night. Good night.

Oh, hello, Walter.

Everything go all right? Just fine.

Say, what was that time? Twelve noon tomorrow?

That's definite, thank you. Well, it sure is.

Good night.

Nothing could change your mind, could it?

What, for instance?

Good night, Bart.

$20 ,400.

$400 more than I needed to become a full -fledged businessman, half -owner of

the Bella Union.

I wonder if I should have business cards printed.

It only made sense one way. My door was bolted from the inside.

Whoever took the money had been in my room when I came in.

That meant a key.

The desk clerk was cooperative.

Only two people who'd been on duty the night before had keys to all the rooms.

The clerk's two brothers.

Both were asleep now.

One was the night clerk, the other the night bellhop.

One was as crooked as the other, but the bellhop's room was closer.

You say someone got in your room, Mr. Maverick?

And they got away with a lot of money, Willie. Now, what do you know about it?

Me? Why should I know anything about it?

You wouldn't shoot, would you, Mr. Maverick?

It was Karen Gustafson.

And the can -can girl?

The Swede?

Norwegian. I didn't think she'd take anything. She said it was a joke, and

She lived.

Adele's rooming house. Honest, Mr. Maverick, I didn't think she was...

got no right busting in this way.

I don't run a very respectable place here, but gentlemen can't call on ladies

their rooms without being announced first.

Besides, Karen works late. She has to get her sleep.

Did you hear what I said?

No, ma 'am.

I'll just get the sheriff.

Yes, ma 'am.

Mr. Stopson isn't in there.

Who are you, her trainer?

I think Karen's not been there.

How do you know?

I waited up all night for her.

She didn't come home.

You're a faro dealer at the Bella Union, aren't you?

Temporarily. Got a key?

Of course not.

She's gone.

Where did she go?

Who are you?

How long have you known her?

You haven't answered my questions.

Why are you looking for Karen?

And why did she leave here?

You need a drink.

I'd figured there was a good chance Karen Gustafson had left town on the

southbound morning stage until I talked to the man who sold the tickets.

The only woman who had bought a ticket on any outbound stage in the last 24

hours was one Mrs. Murphy, a seamstress who took care of the can -can girls at

the Bella Union.

Oh, Mrs. Murphy.

You didn't leave town after all.

Where was it you didn't go?

El Paso.

Thank you, Mrs. Murphy.

After I got a ticket on the afternoon stage, I kept my noon appointment with

Walter Osborne, the man I was supposed to go into business with, $20 ,000 ago.

I don't care why you don't have the money. Take it easy, will you? Osborne,

after all, I was the one that was robbed. Besides, I'm going to get that

back. All it means is a delay.

A delay will mean no deal.

Why? Because getting this place from Mitchell for $40 ,000 is like getting it

for nothing.

But you said Mitchell had to sell the Bella Union because his doctor told him

had to get out. Sure, and the sooner the better.

So? So he snapped at my offer because he didn't want to waste any time

bargaining with people.

But if he has to wait now to give us a delay, he'll do some shopping around.

There's a man in Santa Fe who'd pay $60 ,000 for the Bella Union.

Probably more than one.

I can get a delay from Mitchell with a deposit on the deal.

You can catch up with the girl and be back here with the money in five days.

Four, maybe.

Maybe. I can't guarantee it, Walter.

It's too late for me to find anyone else.

You better not let me down.

Pretty girl with a Norwegian accent shouldn't be too hard to find, and I

to find it, but don't put any money on it. You might lose.

I'll depend on you to see that I don't.

I'll ask Mitchell to take $5 ,000 to hold the deal open for four days.

I'll let you know at the stage.

All right.

It's your money.

All aboard, folks.

Did you get your bet down?

Mitchell made me leave a $10 ,000 deposit, and all the delay he'll give is

days.

Mitchell seems to be getting healthier by the hour, and your odds shorter.

Let's go, mister.

Coming.

Maverick, if you're not back here in three days, I lose $10 ,000 and the

Union. Do you have any idea what owning that place means to me?

I do now, Walter.

Good.

I never learned to lose gracefully.

You're young yet.

I'm all set to go. Where's that man?

Well, what do you know?

I've been following you, Mr. Maverick.

I know now why you're following Karen.

But you're wrong about her. She's honest and good.

And rich.

There's nothing to joke about.

We'll look for Karen together.

And nothing is going to happen to her.

In that case, we're going to make quite an interesting team, Mr... Elliot

Larkin. Larkin, you're going to be looking for Karen to protect her, and

going to be looking for her to wring her pretty little neck.

Elliot Larkin spent the next three hours telling me what a wonderful girl Karen

Gustafson was. How being in love with the Norwegian beauty had made him stop

feeling sorry for himself and start making something of his life.

After a while, I didn't quite catch every word.

I've been right about Karen.

She didn't go unnoticed anywhere.

Elliot Larkin proved to be an alert and constant companion, always at my elbow

to give me a helping hand and pick up any information I might get on Karen.

I didn't shake Brother Elliot a minute too soon.

At the next town I came to, Las Cruces, I found that Karen had left the stage,

rented a carriage, and had headed for Mexico.

That meant her next stop had to be the village of San Miguel, the only stop

across the border.

I hadn't exactly shaken Brother Elliot at that.

Who is it? It is me, Senorita Collins, the proprietor.

Pardon me for disturbing your privacy, Senorita, but I have good news for you.

You are no longer the only Americana in the hotel.

A man? A man and a woman, Senorita.

What does the man look like?

Is he tall?

Handsome? No, no, no. They are two old people.

Touristas, eh?

But I think you will like the lady. She is very... I don't want to see anyone.

I'm sorry, senor.

I do not feel very well. I... I would like to rest.

Si, senorita.

I understand.

I will see that you are not disturbed.

Carlos will give orders.

You must be in good health for tomorrow.

Tomorrow? Si.

Have you not heard? The fiesta, senorita.

Sabado de Gloria.

It is the day before Easter Sunday, and it marks the death of the betrayer,

Judas.

It is a magnificent day. Madre de Dios. All over the village is paper statues of

Judas. Some are as big as a man. One is the size of a house. Even bigger. You

have never seen anything like it in your life.

Everyone has a... How do you call the gunpowder in the sticks?

Oh, theoretically.

I mean firecrackers. Yes, the firecrackers. Everyone has them.

And... And then at night they will burn the big statue of Judas.

Madre de Dios.

What a sight.

And the masks. Oh, the masks. They are something to see. Everyone wears one. I

will wear one that looks like my sister's husband.

He is fat like a pig. And he's got chins all the way down to here.

That sounds like fun, Carlos.

Is there dancing? Everywhere. In the streets, in the houses, in the village

square. We will have a fiesta right here in our own patio.

Naturalmente, senorita.

You are invited.

Thank you, Carlos.

I accept.

Bueno. Well, I will leave you now so that you may rest up for tomorrow.

Buenos dias, senorita.

Good day, Carlos.

Hasta la fiesta, senorita.

Hasta la fiesta, Carlos.

Call it.

Senorita, call it.

It is me, Carlos.

Do you feel better today?

You will join us then?

Just as soon as I've changed my clothes. That vestibule's a Mexican one. Bravo,

senorita. Bravo.

Carlos. Ven, Carlos. Vino.

Adios, senorita. Viva el vino.

Adios, senorita Colin.

I sure hate to spoil your holiday fun like this, Miss Gustafson, but there is

little matter of my money.

I don't have it.

Yes, you do.

No?

I took it.

But I didn't keep it.

I only took your money to keep you from buying the Bella Union with that

Osborne.

He is an evil man, a corrupt man.

Look who's throwing stones.

You stole $20 ,000, remember?

That's different.

It is only money I steal.

Walter Osborne steals honor and dignity.

We'll get to the speeches later.

No, now.

Walter Osborne is a devil among men.

Amen. Now where's my money?

He's a corrupt man. He would... Listen, lady, if I don't get that money, I'm

going to shake you till you come apart at the joints. Now, where is it?

Stop it, please. When I have the money.

All right.

I'll tell you.

That man is... over there in my wardrobe.

Walter Osborne is a devil, huh?

On the top shelf.

Senorita, call in. Let me go, please.

Elliot. Sharon.

Stop him, please.

That man in there, he's trying to kill me.

What kept you, Elliot?

Buy him a drink.

No.

You've seen a lady, la señorita, with blonde hair. She can't do something.

I told you I don't have the money. That's what you told me the first time.

you told me you did. I lied.

You?

The money is back in...

Silver City.

At the Wells Fargo office in your name.

Sure it is.

I'm telling you the truth.

What does that mean?

Upon my honor, I only stole your money to keep you from going into business

that pig of a man.

Osborne. He's worse than a pig. Listen, Karen, I'm through with this.

Oh, very strong.

The money, the money!

Do you know what Osborne did to Anna Bergen?

That the can -can girl that killed herself?

She took her life because of him.

No, not because she loved him.

She was terrified of Osborne.

Couldn't escape.

He wouldn't let her.

Her real name was Anna Gustafsson.

My... You don't believe me?

Karen, if what you say is true, I'm sorry, but if it's Osborne you're really

after, why don't you go after him? I tried and failed more than once.

But owning that place is the biggest thing in life to him.

If I could stop you from helping him get it, I'd be satisfied.

For Anna.

Then there was something else.

This way I could be helping you, too?

Helping me?

What makes you worry about me anyway?

I like you.

You are young, handsome, and honest.

And broken for the last time, where is my money?

I've told you the truth.

I can prove it to you.

I wrote you a letter.

It's going to mail it to you tomorrow.

You would get it too late for your deal with Osborne, but it explains why I took

your money and where you can find it.

Well, show it to me.

I don't have it with me.

It's in my room.

Fine.

Let's go see the letter.

No, I mean, isn't it too late for you now? No, we've got a delay.

How long? For three days.

Look, what difference does it make how long? We've got a delay. That's enough.

Now, if you've got the letter, you can do anything you want. But if you don't

have it, then you're lying to me again.

I'm going to make you tell me where that money is one unpleasant way or another.

Did you steal the money to hurt Osmond?

Or to help him?

Perhaps it was both.

What did you

expect

him to do?

Sweep you off your feet? Maybe.

I know I expected him to do something.

I don't think he's quite up to it.

What do you know about him?

He drinks a lot.

He should.

Helps him to forget.

He was a prisoner in your civil war. Spent two years at Andersonville.

I'm sorry.

I talked out of turn.

But I still want to see that letter.

There is no letter.

I lied.

I think I'd be used to that by now, but I'm not.

Is the money here in your room?

That's the first honest answer you've given me.

Now, do you believe me?

No.

We're going to the police station.

Are you going to hear me arrested?

Now, that's a pleasant thought.

The telegraph office isn't a police station, and we're going to send a

to Wells Fargo and Silver City to ask if my money is there, and if it isn't, you

and I are going to have another session, but much less friendly.

Oh, but you won't have an answer to your telegram till tomorrow morning.

Then you won't get out of my sight till I get that answer.

I like that.

You what?

I think you are a very, very nice man, Mr... May I call you Bart?

Put that on the wire right away, please.

Oh,

it looks so. No, no, no, Karen, not now. I'm starving, Mark.

Gracias,

gracias.

Only when I'm mad enough.

Yes.

Walter Osborne, Bella Union, Silver City, New Mexico Territory.

I learned my good English in El Paso.

I lived there since two and one half years.

The message, huh?

Si, senor. Yes, sir.

Maverick here in San Miguel with the girl. Has money, but not returning.

Has new investment plan.

Signed, a friend.

Send it as fast as you can.

Si, senor.

Fantastic. I've never seen anything so interesting.

How long?

We've been on our feet for six hours now.

Look.

Beautiful.

The whole city celebrating together. Just like in Norway sometimes.

That's the midsummer's night.

I wish I could make up my mind about you.

You're either the nicest, sweetest girl I ever met in my life, or the slyest,

shrewdest thief in the world.

Come on.

Where are we going?

To your hotel room.

Too easy for you to get away in this crowd.

Bart, I told you I would not try to run away. You also told me you had a letter

in your room.

Ah, senor!

Viva la fiesta, Carlos.

Gracias. I see the senorita has regained her health. No, you and the senor must

dance with us.

Me? No.

Van a bailar con nosotros.

Oh, que bueno. Usted va a bailar conmigo primero.

Silencio, silencio.

Máscaras para los dos, por favor.

No, thank you very much, but no. Por favor, por favor. I'm sorry. You'd

give in, but... One dance, senor. I don't know the dance.

I will teach you, senor.

You think I'm fooling you in for a big surprise. I've got a good mind to take

you. Senor!

You'd like to die with Chiquita?

No, Chiquita, I can't. Come back to the party. We miss you.

Que viva la fiesta, senor. I'm sorry.

What's your trouble? What's the matter? Enrico.

Who's Enrico?

He is the man who drove off with you, senorita. No!

makes, too. Carlos, can you get me a horse? Si, senorita.

Si, senorita.

Why are we stopping here?

I told you there's a man following me.

Please drive on.

Horses tire, senorita.

Better we stay here, huh?

But I've got to get away.

Out of town.

I'll pay you well.

But you will be safe here, señorita, from the man that follows you.

This is the home of a friend of mine.

Come.

Please, I don't think I'd better... But I want you to meet my friend Manuel.

His house is your house.

Manuel, ¿qué traes de Enrico?

¿Qué parece?

No, thank you, I... I've done it.

I cannot believe such good fortune, senorita.

I didn't even have to kidnap you. You walk right into my arms.

I think it's the fiesta that brought me such luck.

Not the alarm, senorita.

This is my profession.

The people that I kidnap, they're never harmed.

Sometimes they even enjoy it.

I will have Manuel ask from your friends $500.

And $50 for you, huh?

Hey, Manuel.

Manuel, wake up.

Karen, do you make it a habit to go to the party?

Thank you, Bart.

If you don't tell me where my money is in just ten seconds, I'm going to give

you back to him. No.

Yes. Now, I really know you're alive. If you weren't, you wouldn't have run away

like that.

Ransom, you'd think I still did have the money.

I wanted you to have to follow me deep into Mexico for days, away from

wires and Osborne and your precious three -day delay.

What's wrong?

Oh, my foot's caught.

Well, what are you waiting for? You could run all the way to South America

Both of you, wake up.

I'll bark at him.

Are you hurt? No, just stuck.

I'll never let you go if I get hold of you.

You do believe me now, don't you, Bob?

About why I stole your money and what I did for you?

Well, let's say I'm just a little more confused than I have been.

He'll be so unhappy if he misses the burning of Judah.

Shall I wake him?

I don't think you could.

You're all confused, Pat.

A little.

I'm wondering how such a nice girl could be such a thief.

And you still don't believe me?

No, but I am beginning to like you.

I always liked you.

What about your friend Elliot?

Oh, I could love him, I guess, if I was sure he was a man.

Maybe I love him anyway.

Would you like to see that letter?

You mean the one you said you wrote to me?

The letter I did write you.

Dear Mr. Maverick, by the time you receive this, it will be too late for

be of any help to Walter Osborne.

Your money is at the Wells Fargo office.

Maybe someday I will be able to tell you why I have done this thing, Karen

Gustafson.

If I'd shown it to you before, you would have gone back to Silver City and I'd

have accomplished nothing.

What makes you think you have now?

There's still time for me to go back.

But you won't.

No, I won't.

Even if Osborne is half as bad as you say he is, I'd better start shopping

around some more.

A while.

I got here as soon as I could.

Why?

Your $20 ,000.

I got a telegram which said you weren't coming back with it.

Telegram from whom?

It was signed a friend.

Elliot.

Take off your gun belt.

Where's your money?

You're not going to believe this.

I'll try hard.

Tell him, Karen.

The money's back in Silver City.

At a Wells Fargo office where I left it in his name.

What? I told you you wouldn't believe it.

You know something, Osborne? She isn't terribly fond of you.

That's why she stole the money. To keep me from going into business with you.

I warned you to stay out of my way.

I'm not afraid of you.

I care and always be afraid of a gun. How about it, Maverick?

Changing horses, I got down here in 11 hours. We could still make it back in

time.

I don't think Miss Gustafson would like that, Walter.

I'm out $10 ,000 if you don't come in with me.

And I don't intend to let that happen.

That gun won't help.

You want to bet?

Well, you could take me back at gunpoint, but you'd never get the money

Wells Fargo that way.

You'll get the money out of Wells Fargo.

I'll have her.

When you turn the money over to Mitchell, I'll let her go.

How about it, partner, yes or no?

You still can't make me believe you'd kill her for a few thousand dollars.

I've got a better reason than a few thousand dollars.

Karen, I know who you are now.

And I know you won't give up until you think you're even with me.

So if you do it my way, Maverick, maybe I won't have to kill her.

I'll leave that up to you.

He'll do it, but we better go back with him.

He sounds like he'll do it anyway.

That's a chance you'll have to take.

There's some horses out back.

What's the gun for, huh?

Que pasa?

Carlos, can you get a doctor here?

Yes, sir.

How is he?

He's going to be all right.

Both of us.

Yeah, I guess you will at that.

Never.

I got Osmond down here.

I'm sorry.

I know.

You made up for it just fine.