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I'm giving you exactly one minute to come up with the rest of the money.

And what if we don't?

We'll still end up with 5 ,000.

You'll end up dead.

Can't you convince him that we're not in this together?

What do you think I'm trying to do?

You know, I've seen crooks before.

If I had never seen nothing like this, we ought to get him to go in with us,

Worcester. 30 seconds.

There is no other money.

10 seconds.

Tell him, sir, tell him.

A Warner Brothers television production.

Uh, Mr.

Murdock, do you suppose I might have an extra hour's sleep in the morning? The

books were rather difficult to close.

No, Mr. Emerson.

The sleep is for the laggard, as you well know.

Aren't you forgetting our procedure?

You know how difficult it is for me to find the lock?

Oh, oh, yes, of course.

Tight as a tick.

Indeed it is.

The key, the key, Mr. Emerson. Oh, I'm sorry, sir. I bumbled.

I beg your understanding, sir.

Oh, you are a bumbler, Mr. Emerson. Perhaps I'd better try the door again

to make sure.

You're right.

Tight as the doors of Hades.

Uh, Mr. Murdoch, you dropped the key from your vest pocket.

Allow me, sir, just to make sure.

Thank you.

I'm expecting you to be on time to work tomorrow morning. You were late today by

just four minutes.

I assume you wish to continue to work for me?

Oh yes, sir.

All fed with her.

Hold the horses.

Where you been?

You're supposed to stay on the horses.

You ain't getting the willies, are you? Well, this is all so new to me.

What I don't understand is why you cut it thin in the first place.

Somebody had to open the safe.

You sure picked the right man.

Wester will do it with his teeth.

That's why I waited.

I've waited five years to get even with that skin -flint Murdoch.

Well, ain't you the one.

We'll divide the money up in the alleyway back of the saloon.

You'll be out of town in ten minutes and nobody will be the wiser. Yeah, until

tomorrow morning.

We gotta get started.

Here, hold the horses.

Thought you was just heading for home, Mr. Murdoch. I was, Mr. Starrett. But I

clean forgot some mortgage receipts I left in my desk drawer.

Can't be too careful about leaving money around loose these days. No, sirree.

Let's move.

We got enough.

Sheriff! Everybody!

Help! My bank's being robbed!

Now, drop that money bag!

Come on!

Haste or hide, sure bet.

Down that way.

Let's get him. $200.

You were

to hold the

horses.

Now hold on to this, or we'll be back for it.

Look, I'm going after them. You stay here. Make sure they don't double back.

I'll take this horse.

I told you, go on home.

Go on, clear the street. You ain't gonna get your money back hanging around

here.

Sheriff, how much did they get away with?

I don't know yet.

Where's Murdoch?

Over at the bank, counting up his money.

4 ,400, 4 ,500.

10, 20, 30.

Mr. Murdoch!

Oh, Mr. Starrett.

Well, I see you're still in business.

Oh, indeed, praise the Lord. We saved some of it.

How much?

Oh, $4 ,530 and some change.

Well, what'd they get away with?

Ten thousand.

Ten thousand?

Well, fortunately, nobody will lose a thing except the bonding company.

Unless you catch the crooks.

Did you get a good look at them, Mr. Starrett?

Oh, nobody did.

How about you?

I'm afraid I can't help you either.

I don't want to be presumptuous, but why aren't you out chasing them?

Well, I would have been if I hadn't fought.

If I hadn't been delayed.

Well, anyway, looking for them now would be like looking for black ink in the

belly of a cow.

They got 40 different directions to go in.

Maybe I could pick up their trail by morning.

$10 ,000.

A man couldn't earn that much in a lifetime, could he?

Only if he stole it, sir.

Well, let's be thankful that no one was hurt.

Well, the idea is I want to leave first thing in the morning.

So if you'll shoe the horse tonight.

Well, I ain't got my forge lit up. Well, I'll pay a little extra.

Well, how much?

Three dollars.

That'll leave me enough for food and lodging.

I got cleaned out at the Sundown Club tonight.

Six dollars.

Four fifty.

Five and a quarter.

Five.

You got a deal.

Well, I'll have to do without breakfast.

It's good for the weight.

Oh, hey, don't forget your toothbrush.

Thanks.

Room 205.

Thank you.

What are you doing up in the hotel porch?

Aren't you taking chances coming back?

You... Could be recognized, you know. Not in a dark alleyway, mister.

We came back for the money.

Where is it?

Where is it?

Who's there?

It's just me, Sheriff.

Well, Myron, what are you doing back here in the alleyway?

Who are you with?

A couple of gentlemen.

Friends? No.

I was telling them they couldn't leave their horses in the street all night.

No offense, Sheriff.

My pleasure.

Well, I guess you heard the bank was robbed.

Indeed I did.

I was in bed when I heard the shooting.

I bet you were.

Well, you better get back there. Murdoch will be dragging you into the bank to

help him count what's left.

fellas new in town huh yeah i just wrote in at a bank robbery did you ten

thousand dollars worth my oh my didn't happen to see a couple of fellas riding

out of here like wild locomotives did you not a living soul

you

ain't figuring it was us are you well now you don't mind do you as long as you

don't mind putting your hand in dirty laundry

Guess I was just a little nervous now. If you had $10 ,000, you wouldn't be

now, would you? Well, you can say that again.

I'm tired.

Guess I'll be going home. Night, Martin.

Good night.

Night.

$10 ,000.

They make quite a haul.

Where is it?

That's the trouble.

I hid it in a man's saddlebag when the...

Shooting started, but he doesn't know it. Who?

The man who's got it.

He went upstairs to his hotel room with the saddlebag.

What kind of trick are you trying to pull?

Trick? I'm an honest man, Mr. Worcester. Yeah, just like us, huh?

Then you go upstairs and get the money. He's in room 205.

Tall man with dark hair.

You're leading the way.

But I don't want to be known.

I'm not asking. I'm telling you. Move.

Just in time, ain't we?

Just like Halloween.

Trick or treat, and you didn't even have to wake me up. That's real funny.

I told you we had it. We aren't going to harm you, sir.

We'll even give you something for your trouble if you'll keep this under your

hat. We'll give him nothing. Count the money, McGaffey.

Gentlemen, I'm not the law. Why don't you just take that money and get out of

here? Well, that's real gracious of you.

The perfect host.

Please, Mr. Worcester, no gunplay.

Shut up.

This joker here hired us for the bank job.

Things got messed up a little bit, and you end up holding the cash.

Lucky me, but what do you mean by hire?

I ask you to keep me out of this.

Why?

You didn't plan on staying in town after you got your share in the loot?

I don't know now what I planned.

He's a teller down at Murdoch's Bank.

You sure got to be careful who you hire these days now, don't you?

Mr. Worcester, you didn't have to tell him who I was.

Hey, this ain't all the money. Just a little under 5 ,000.

According to the sheriff, we took 10.

Now, where's the rest of it?

That fellow's fun as fun.

Take it and get out of here.

Anyway, there's nothing wrong with stealing just a little under 5 ,000.

Nothing.

Except you've got the other five.

You and Emerson.

I never saw this man before in my life.

You weaselly little... Crook, first you hire us to do the dirty work.

Then you double -cross us by taking in another partner.

Oh, no, no, you've got it all wrong.

Nobody puts money in a stranger's bag.

He's no stranger.

You and him had it all planned.

You'd get your hands on the money and slip it to him.

Then give us half of what we stole when we come back for it.

You just didn't figure we'd hear how much was stolen before we come back for

share and beat it.

You ought to be a fiction writer, Worcester.

He'd sell next to nothing.

I'm giving you exactly one minute to come up with the rest of the money.

And what if we don't?

We'll still end up with 5 ,000.

You'll end up dead.

Can't you convince him that we're not in this together?

What do you think I'm trying to do?

You know, I've seen crooks before.

If I had never seen nothing like this, we ought to get him to go in with us,

Worcester. 30 seconds.

There is no other money.

Ten seconds.

Tell him, sir. Tell him.

What am I going to tell him, Mr. Emerson?

Of course we do have the money.

What are you talking about?

Now, as my old pappy always taught me, don't play with strangers. The friends

you have are dangerous enough.

If you'll just follow me, I'll be happy to lead you to it.

You'll lead us where?

Well, as you so aptly put it, we did expect you to come back.

Now, you don't think that we'd have on us what we stole from you.

Now, do you?

Where you got it?

It's in somebody's front yard.

I don't know the neighborhood well enough to tell you exactly whose, but if

let me put on my boots, I will be happy to take you there.

Why are you doing this?

My dear fellow, we lost.

What else can I say?

The boots are right there.

Put it on your horse.

We are going to divide, aren't we?

You're lucky we're going to let you live.

Which way?

Follow me.

Where's the sheriff's house?

Other end of town, corner of Texas Street.

Well, I'm sorry, gentlemen.

I've lost my way. We're going in the wrong direction.

And I'm a stranger in these parts. You'll just have to forgive me.

You pull a wing ding on us and you won't live long enough to know what hit you.

Nowhere.

Well, it's right there under the second row of cabbages.

It better be there.

Don't worry about it, Worcester.

It's there.

I made a mistake. I wouldn't do a thing like that. I made a... Shut up.

He meant no harm, Mr. Worcester.

I hope you know what you're doing.

You're making too much noise. Shut up yourself and dig.

I ought to kill the both of you right here and now.

You better first get your money, Mr. Worcester.

What are you two trying to pull?

Stall him for time?

I'm afraid you'll have to find that out for yourself.

You must be out of your mind.

There is no more money.

All right. Stay where you are. All of you.

What are you doing on my place?

Hey, haven't I seen you men before?

What is this? Why are you tearing up my garden? You loco or something?

That's why we're here, Sheriff.

Mr. Emerson and I were just walking to town a moment ago.

We saw these two digging here.

All right, hand over your gun belts. Both of you.

Come on.

I'll take them, gentlemen.

That's a good idea, sir.

Now, let's get this straight.

What is all this?

I don't know, Sheriff.

As I said, we were walking by.

You see, Mr. Emerson and I are old friends, aren't we, sir?

Indeed, yes.

Yes, indeed.

Well, that's swell and good, but what's that got to do with all this?

All right, tell us, Sheriff.

Why were you digging in his vegetable garden?

Is it against the law for a man to hunt for food, mister?

It's against the law to trespass.

They said that the sheriff of a measly town like Tensleep wouldn't have enough

gumption to come out in the dark.

Unless he was backed up by a passel of posse men.

Scared, am I?

All right, start walking, both of you.

Walking where?

Jail.

Five days in jail will give you time enough to learn who's the law in

Thank you kindly for looking after my property, Myron.

You too, sir.

Thank you. All right, move.

I don't understand it. How come you didn't turn me in?

Well, I could have. I could have implicated you with the others.

Do you think the sheriff would have taken the word of a stranger against

And it is your saddlebag on Mr. McGaffey's horse with the money in it.

I took that into consideration.

Not that I would have involved you.

I'll do anything to repent my past misdeeds.

I took that into consideration also, along with the fact that there's a nice

little reward.

I'm going to need you.

For what?

To help me get that reward.

If there was only $5 ,000 stolen from the bank, and it was $10 ,000 reported

the banker, Mr. Murdoch, then it would seem to me that Mr. Murdoch robbed his

own bank of $5 ,000.

Shall we walk to my room and talk?

Mr. Maverick, I'm worried.

They'll be out in five days and they'll find me and kill me.

And all I want to do is to put that money back into the bank.

That sounds a little odd, Mr. Emerson.

I've never really done a mean, dishonest thing in my life until tonight.

Oh, if it hadn't been for Mr. Murdoch.

Tell me about him.

Well, I hardly know where to begin.

You see, I was the one who...

started the bank.

I hired Mr. Murdoch more as a partner than an employee.

He was very good at figures.

Five years ago, I made an indiscreet loan to a get -rich -quick

promoter.

It went bad, and I tried to cover the loss by juggling the books.

Mr. Murdoch caught it.

And when the bank examiners arrived, he made good the loss to keep me out of

jail.

He required a high price for his investment.

Complete ownership of the bank.

Mr. Maverick, he is the meanest, stingiest.

Money -grubbing human being on the face of God's earth.

He's worked me so sometimes I think I wish I could die.

You have no family?

None.

I was driven to this madness tonight so I could recover a few dollars and

perhaps get away, perhaps start new somewhere else.

I'm not a young man anymore, sir.

The few years I have left, I'd like to be my own master again.

Life has its pitfalls, hasn't it, Mr. Emerson?

Indeed it has, and I'm ashamed of myself.

If I could just rise above this misadventure, I'd leave the town of Ten

forever.

I've learned my lesson, sir.

I'm not... cut out for banking.

It's a word of the appraisal.

And you, sir.

Murdoch's even put you in jeopardy to those two scoundrels.

They think you have what he stole.

Perhaps... perhaps we'd better run away.

Run from those two for the rest of our lives?

No, Mr. Emerson, we will not run away.

Remember the reward when we catch those two crooks and Mr. Murdoch in the same

bag. But what about me? They'll drag me in with them.

Possession is nine -tenths of the law.

They have the money. You don't. And who'll believe them after they're

You have a plan to settle their account?

The least plan in the world.

But I'm going to need you to help me.

How?

By filling me in on everything you know about Murdoch, and above all, working in

that bank.

And then in three days' time, with the help of a certain lady named Clover.

Clover?

A lady who is going to help extricate us from our troubles with the Midas touch.

Poor McCoy.

The sweetest voice this side of Dodge City.

You never were a good liar, were you?

You ran off on me because I sang too early in the morning.

That is water under the bridge.

It's funny, I think about it a lot.

About us, I mean.

Me too.

You are a liar, aren't you?

Or didn't you know somebody shot old Frankie three years ago and left Clover

sad but wise widow?

I never could catch up to you to let you know, either.

You never really tried.

No, I guess I didn't.

I never was much cut out for asking favors.

And you never came back to pay your respects, either.

Not that I wouldn't accept your respects.

Clover, you're still very beautiful.

And you have the heart of a tarantula.

See what the years have done?

I forgot you don't drink.

Why would anybody want to shoot Frankie?

He tried to pass off one of his homemade $20 bills to a gentleman who lacked a

sense of humor.

I always said he was a rotten counterfeiter.

Jealous, darling?

No. I think you're the only genuine thing he ever hooked up with.

Then perhaps you'd like to take me out to dinner.

I'd rather talk about Frankie. I'm in a bit of a hurry.

You mean in a bit of trouble, don't you?

Don't tell me you try to pass an inside straight with no money to back it up.

I trust old Frankie left you with whatever he couldn't pass.

A trunk full.

I think it's fitting and proper. We try to turn some of it into honest cash.

Don't pull my leg, Bart.

I'm a poor working girl.

I'm a desperate man. How can we see that money?

Work of art, he always said.

Hardly, but it'll have to do.

Do for what?

How soon can you get out of this flea trap?

Well, I can always say my mother's sick in Wichita.

We need three days. Now, is that worth $500 to you?

Anything can happen in three days, can't it, Bart?

I don't promise this, Clover. This is business.

When you change your mind, you can always whistle.

You know, I haven't whistled in years.

Try.

You didn't whistle.

Thank you, my good man.

Pardon me, sir.

Good day.

How do you do? I'm looking for Mr.

Cyrus Murdoch.

I believe he's president of the Ten Sleep Bank.

Taking his lunch to him right now, sir. Come with me.

Thank you.

Did things work out?

Oh, just fine. How are things stacking up here?

Then you sent the sheriff that wire.

I did.

He left it to him like a kid on a spree.

He left a deputy here to hold down jail and watch Worcester and McGaffey.

Good. He thinks he's going to Pleasantville to be chief witness for

judge.

You think of everything, don't you?

I could hardly have him around here to recognize me.

We are going to make it in time.

We've got to make it.

What about Murdoch? Did you dig up anything about any relatives?

He had no relatives.

He had a friend down in Australia named Tim Carrovas.

But he hasn't seen him in years.

Australia, huh?

All right, that's good enough.

Gentlemen, to see you, Mr. Murdock.

And here's your lunch, sir.

My card, sir.

Mr. Bart Maverick?

Bart Maverick of Maverick, Benson & Bluel, attorneys at law.

Well, this is a far cry from San Francisco, eh, Mr. Murdoch?

Your lunch, sir.

I'll tell you when I'm hungry, Mr. Emerson. Now, stop wasting time. Get on

the books.

I'm a very busy man and very disturbed right now.

Yes, sir, I know. I saw the notice of your robbery. My deepest sympathy.

Well, enough of that. What can I do for you?

You can do nothing, Mr. Murdoch.

It's what I can do for you.

I represent the estate of the late Mr. Timothy Carruthers, who died about a

ago in Perth, Australia.

Carruthers? Do you recount the name, sir?

Vaguely. Good.

Now, Mr. Carruthers made a vast fortune in sheep, and he lost a fortune in

sheep. As a matter of fact, on the day he died, he had a mere pittance of the

huge fortune that he had once acquired, to be exact, $5 ,000.

For the past year, I have been searching for his dear, sweet wife, who shared

all of his fortune and adversity.

Wife?

Union of May and December. It sadly ended in a separation a few years before

died. There was never a divorce, however.

Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Maverick. I can't do anything about this.

I'm not asking you to, Mr. Murdoch.

Well, I don't follow you.

It is not your prerogative, sir.

I have followed you.

Crothers' will so stated that in the event no living heirs exist to enjoy the

fruits of his labor, that his entire fortune would go to his old friend,

Murdoch.

Mr. Maverick, I beg your pardon for being so rude.

Mr. Emerson, get off the books and bring Mr. Maverick some lunch. No lunch,

thank you.

Well, where is the money now?

It's right here in my case.

Your case?

Oh, my goodness.

$5 ,000 in cool, crisp cash, Mr. Murdoch.

Mr. Crothers stated he never believed in checks.

Yes, yes, of course. Old Crothers. Always said that.

I was sure you'd remember, sir.

It was to be given to the recipient in coin of the realm.

Yes, sir. Coin of the realm.

You're humble, sir.

My glasses.

Emerson, my glasses.

Allow me, Mr. Emerson.

Oh, dear, I'm afraid I damaged them.

Oh, that's perfectly all right. I'll manage to get another pair in a few

The money, Mr. Maverick, the money. You are so fortunate, sir.

$5 ,000, Mr. Emerson.

$5 ,000.

Where are you, Mr. Maverick?

Right here, sir.

Do I keep it now?

Well, inasmuch as you can't read, I suppose I can wait until you get your

spectacles repaired.

There are a few papers you'll have to sign, just a mere formality.

But in the meantime, the money is yours.

Oh, a day, two days at the most. I'll have my glasses.

It will be my pleasure to wait for you, sir. I will be at my hotel.

Mr. Emerson?

Mr. Emerson?

I'm right here, sir.

Such a windfall has come to me. Such luck.

Put this in the safe right now. I'll count it when I get my glasses.

I'm afraid to put it in the safe, sir.

Afraid? What if we have another robbery?

Oh, but I'm insured. Yes, I know.

Why don't you put it in your personal account in the Denver Bank?

Then you'll know you have it.

Oh, yes, yes, of course. Why didn't I think of that myself?

Because I thought of it for you.

Now, if you'll sign this deposit slip, I'll package this and get it to the

depot right away, Mr. Murdoch.

The Gabby. Huh?

Something's cocked.

You just figuring that out, Worcester?

With $5 ,000 sitting here in this bag and those two crooks walking over the

rest? I mean, they haven't walked out.

That shifty odd fellow that put us in here just walked in the hotel.

There's the other one.

Another day and we'll be out of here.

And we'll ask them.

And the money must be returned, Mr. Murdoch.

But his wife, and after all these years, you said... I'd heard she died, sir.

Not died, Mr. Maverick.

disappeared. I'm sure you can understand, sir, what it means to make

in the world as a seamstress.

A month ago, I read your announcement in the papers, but it's a far ride from

North Dakota to San Francisco, and by the time I arrived, you had gone.

I've traveled here under extreme hardship.

Poor dear Timothy.

Even though he never cared for me, I loved him dearly.

Something must be done, Mr. Murdoch.

You keep out of this, Emerson.

Just return the money, sir, so this dear, sweet lady can have what is

hers.

Madam, for such a beautiful lady as you are, I am deeply sorry.

The money, Mr. Murdoch.

But first we must do something for this lovely lady.

Oh, you're so kind.

The money, sir.

I haven't got the money. I sent it on to the bank in Denver.

We could raise it, Mr. Murdoch.

Will you keep out of this, Emerson?

Less a few dollars. I counted $4 ,719 from yesterday's

deposits. Nobody asked you, Emerson.

If you'd be so kind, sir, I'd appreciate it now.

I've hardly touched enough cash in the past few years to hold body and soul

together. Of course, of course, my dear.

Emerson, get the money.

Perhaps I could escort you to the hotel.

A lovely lady alone in the world could manage with a comforting companion.

Such lovely manners.

Two lonely people could find solace in each other's company.

I've looked so long for a nice, proper gentleman.

Especially someone with the ability to manage her capital.

Then perhaps this hasn't been all in vain.

Here's the money, Mr. Murdoch. $4 ,719.

My dear.

Would you hold this for me, Mr. Maverick?

I'm really quite excited.

Well, until the papers are signed at my hotel.

May I escort you?

Such lovely manners.

Just watch the store, Emerson.

Now to put it all together.

What are your plans?

Well, Worcester and McGaffey will be getting out of jail at nightfall.

Seven o 'clock, to be exact.

And why exact?

Sheriff's orders for all prisoners.

Avoid giving them dinner.

You are a jewel, Mr. Emerson.

In that case, I'll have dinner first and arrive at my hotel at seven and wait

for our friends.

They know I'm there. I saw to that.

You would?

They'll come to settle their accounts.

Well, what about me?

Well, you'll come with a deputy and try to rescue me.

Splendid. As I said, who would believe their story against a lawyer of

distinction and a bank clerk of intrepid honesty?

What about Mr. Murdoch?

Oh, I'm not quite finished with our Mr. Murdoch.

Until seven.

I'll be there.

talk business, let's get down to it.

McGaffey?

They're both quite dead, Mr. Maverick.

Quite dead.

You see, we've been waiting for you since six.

Six?

But you told me they were going to get out of jail at seven.

Well, I needed the hour. That's why I lied to you. The jail really closes at

six.

And you were so right.

They came directly to your room.

I was waiting for them here with a...

bottle of whiskey.

I didn't have the money they wanted, so they goaded me while they drank my

whiskey.

They were going to kill us both, Mr. Maverick, but they wanted the money

Thirsty fellows.

You mean that... They didn't know that I'd spiked the whiskey with wolf bait.

But then, never has bad whiskey...

thwarted such uncultivated taste.

They died so quietly.

What do you know?

Since there isn't any more whiskey, I'll just take the money.

The whole $5 ,000.

Mr. Emerson.

Let us not dally, Mr. Maverick.

The money.

Of course.

People never really knew me.

I planned to do away with Mr. Worcester and Mr. McGaffey from the beginning.

But then things got so fouled up, as you well know, that I had to play along

with them.

You did quite well, I might add.

I would have been unsatisfied with the money we stole.

I guess I caught my greediness from Mr. Murdoch.

Yes, but what about me, Mr. Emerson?

Mr. Maverick.

This is an outrage.

An outrage.

Tyranny, that's what it is. I don't care if you are a Secret Service agent. I

demand to see my attorney.

Oh, you can see him, sir.

But with the evidence against you, Blackstone wouldn't take the case.

But I'm an honest man. I don't know how that counterfeit money got into my

account. Well, you'll have all of ten years to figure it out.

Now, let's go.

As the man says, let's go.

$3 ,000 reward.

$1 ,500 for you and $1 ,500 for me.

The deal was for only $500.

You gonna argue with me, Clover?

Poor Mr.

Murdoch. He wanted so much to take care of me and my money.

But when did you call in the Treasury Department, Bart? As soon as Emerson

me that he'd sent the counterfeit cash up to Denver.

The bank has their money back.

The law has Mr.

Murdoch. And we have a beautiful week ahead of us.

We forgot to whistle.

Who was the tall, dark stranger there?

Maverick is the name.

Riding the trail to who knows where, luck is his companion, gambling is his

game. Smooth as a handle on a gun, Maverick is the name.

Wild as the wind in Oregon, blowing up a canyon, easier to tame.

Riverboat, ring your bell, fare thee well Annabelle, luck is the lady that he

loves the best.

Jackson, Queens.

Maverick is a legend of the West.

Ring your bell.

Farewell, Annabelle. Luck is a lady that he loves the best.

That's to New Orleans.

Living on Jackson, Queens.

Maverick is a legend of the West.