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You sure it was him?

It's him, all right.

Alive? So far, but he won't be by morning.

They've got him tied up in one of the teepees.

Well, then let's get to it.

If we went down there now, we wouldn't have a chance.

Well, what if they kill him before morning?

Well, if you think you can make it alone, you just go ahead.

When do we go?

Tonight.

On his way down now.

Brett, Brett, man.

Well, Samantha Crawford. Oh, how nice to see you again. I was thinking of you

the other day.

How much did it cost me?

That's the nicest compliment I've ever had.

How long will you be staying in Kansas City?

Well, I was going to stay a week, but I think I'll take the afternoon train.

Oh, are you afraid of me, Brad?

No, no, not exactly. It's just that when I'm with you, I feel like I'm living

through the last days of Pompeii. Oh, how is Brother Bart?

I think you'll get well.

If I don't mention your name.

He's sweet.

I was going to ask you to take me to dinner. Will you?

Why?

Because I like you.

I feel at home with you, Brett.

If you weren't so beautiful, I'd refuse.

Seven o 'clock?

Seven.

It's wonderful running into you again like this. It'll be like old times.

I'll try not to hold the thought.

Oh, please do.

Okay.

Tell me, Bert, what have you been doing lately?

Oh, this and that, here and there.

Oh, that sounds interesting.

Mm -hmm.

Why are you looking at me like that?

I'm waiting.

What for?

Sam, you didn't just run into me this afternoon.

Oh, I didn't?

I'm not staying at this hotel.

I came to see someone.

Oh, what does that prove?

You're not staying here either, I asked.

Well, don't you believe in coincidence?

Only for two other people.

All right, Brad, I have been looking for you.

Look inside.

If you count it, you'll find $20 ,000.

Well, doesn't that surprise you?

Sam, finding the British crown jewels in your bag wouldn't surprise me.

Do you recognize any names on this list?

If these men knew you were carrying their names around in a bag with only

,000, they'd feel hurt.

Have you ever met any of them?

No, have you?

Well, indirectly, I've watched them play poker.

Fred, each of them thinks he's the world's greatest poker player.

But I know who is.

We're getting to the point now, aren't we?

The $20 ,000 is yours. A stake in a poker game with these men.

You're staking me?

Why not?

One question.

Where'd you get the $20 ,000?

I broke my piggy bank.

Fred, the money's mine. I came by it honestly.

Sam, you'll go far.

Because you believe every word you say.

I'm offering you a chance to make a lot of money. These men play for high

stakes.

But believe me, they don't play like you do. They just think they do.

Are we partners?

What's the split?

Fifty percent of all you win, you keep.

I'm the only one that can lose.

What makes you think you can get these men in a poker game?

Vanity.

You're going to claim to be the world's greatest poker player and challenge them

to prove that you're not.

Oh, they'll come running for the chance at your scalp.

They'll play.

And you're just as sure that I will?

Well, won't you?

Vanity?

Money.

All right, Sam.

I feel like I'm looking into a bubbling volcano, but it's a deal.

As you said, you're the only one who can lose.

Now, when do you plan to invite these men?

Well, I already have. I sent the telegrams right before dinner.

What's the matter with you? You shouldn't be here.

I came up to see how things was.

Oh, things is just fine, Mr. Logan. Now, please go before the others get here.

It's going to be all right, ain't it?

Certainly. Now, go, please.

You seem pretty all fired anxious to get rid of me. Well, I was never more

anxious in my life.

You're a fool. You could spoil everything.

I came up here to see that things ain't spoiled.

I don't trust nobody.

Do you want to back out, Mr. Logan?

Do you just remember, Miss Crawford, I'm not going to be far away. I'm going to

be watching you.

Please do.

From a safe distance.

There's only one word for it, Sam.

Opulent. Oh, well, we have to make an impression, don't we, honey?

You will.

You just keep all that southern charm.

You're sweet.

Sam. You have told me everything, haven't you?

Everything? About the game.

Well, of course. What would I be hiding from you?

I don't know.

But there's a little voice inside me that keeps whispering.

This is Samantha Crawford, Brett.

Close all the doors and windows.

Oh.

Here's the $20 ,000.

It's all the money I have in the world. I'm trusting you with it, Brett.

This game will be a matter of luck. I know the way these men play poker.

Well, you can outplay them.

When you're playing in a game with men who are as good as you are, poker's no

longer a game of skill.

You're gambling.

I may be broke in an hour.

We may be broke in an hour.

That's Wells.

Wells?

I, uh... I'm pleased to meet you.

Sure. Sure.

We're ready.

Well, it can't be done now. It's got to be done a little later.

I want to get one thing straight.

Don't try anything funny.

You do what I told you, you'll get what I promised.

I got somebody else watching you, you understand?

Okay, Logan.

You're the boss.

You ought to be starting any time now.

Three hundred and fifty.

Three hundred and fifty, huh?

I'm out.

I call, Mr. Maverick.

Kings over trays, Mr. Gillen.

Thank you.

May I get two something, Mr. Gillen?

Three aces, if possible.

Oh, it's early yet. You luck may change.

Maybe.

I'll have ten thousand more, Miss Crawford, please.

All right.

You're a skillful player, Mr. Maverick.

It seems the skill has spread pretty well here.

Coming from you, that's quite a compliment.

I haven't had such bad luck since that St. Louis game.

You didn't do too badly back there.

You better check my count.

The way Mr. Maverick's playing, I don't think I'll have time.

Howards, Mr. Maverick. These are good enough, Mr. Lockhart. Mr. Tabor.

Two, please.

You holding a kicker, Mr.

Tabor?

I may make four of a kind.

Just keep your seats and behave.

Put your hands flat on the table. Nobody move.

And he'd just stay glued for five minutes.

First one pokes his head out the door, they're gonna get his shot off.

Friends of yours, Mr.

Maverick?

Hardly, Mr. Tabor.

Grant, be careful.

I'm sure you'll know where to look for them, Mr. Maverick.

I hope you don't mean what I think you mean, Mr. Lockridge.

Very mean and unexpected.

Now, wait a minute. Now, you wait a minute.

We were supposed to be the only ones who knew where this game was being played.

That's right.

We were.

Well, Fred, I... Almost $100 ,000 went out that door, Mr. Maverick.

I've lost more than that overnight in a bad business deal.

But I've never looked so foolish.

You're judging me pretty fast, aren't you? On the evidence, Mr. Maverick? What

evidence? Now, you listen to me. Mr. Maverick, you're a thief.

I repeat, sir, a thief.

But one with imagination.

What better way to steal $100 ,000 than we can't prove a thing?

And so much safer than holding up a bank.

All right, Maverick.

It's over and done.

I'll charge it off to profit and loss.

A lesson learned.

But I'm sure my fellow sufferers don't want the kind of publicity a thing like

this would make. No, we certainly don't. Now, look, I have an important business

deal on the fire, and it won't help any if this comes out. Exactly.

If you ever come to Colorado, Maverick, bring a shroud.

Mr. Tabor, I had no... Good night.

I throw a lot of weight in the Wyoming territory.

It can all come down on you if you touch your toes there.

You coming, gentlemen?

Let me add my two cents worth.

What Mr. Tabor and Mr. Fayette said goes double for Texas.

I hope you didn't get any enjoyment out of Poker Maverick. You'll have a hard

time finding a game from here on in.

Let's have a talk, Sam.

Well, Brett, you don't think that I... Who else?

Oh, I should have known.

I'm disappointed, Sam. This was pretty crude. You're drawing conclusions too

fast. What do you think they did?

Now, look, Sam, these men are powerful. They can do exactly what they said.

If I so much as show my face in their stamping ground, I've lived my whole

right then and there.

Do you really think I'd do something like this to you?

It just happened. Let me talk, Brett. When I'm finished, you can do what you

like, but let me talk. Talk or lie.

Now, you listen to me a minute.

I like you very much, Sam.

It's fun trying to stay one step ahead of you.

But this is a blue -chip deal, beautiful, with my head for an ante.

Tabor and the others weren't joking when they told me what to expect.

Gillings was right.

The story will get around.

I'll have to go to Hong Kong to find a game.

Now, you talk.

All right, Brad.

The $20 ,000 I gave you wasn't mine.

I guessed that. Now, I'm through guessing.

Try to tell me the truth, even if it comes hard.

A man named Logan gave me the money and asked me to set up the game.

Why you?

Because you wouldn't do it for him.

You know where he is?

He's here in the hotel.

Which room?

You know?

Yes.

Even when I think I believe you, I know I'm wrong.

What's the truth, Brett?

Let's go see Mr. Logan.

You do have your $1 ,000 bill, don't you?

You want that, too?

Oh, Brad.

Come on, Logan's room is just around the corner, 305.

We're playing it pretty close.

This is the only kind of calling card you, Mr. Logan, would understand.

All right, where is he?

Well, I don't know.

You're going to take me to him.

How, Brett?

Oh, look, I knew nothing about the holdup, just about the card game.

Where'd you meet him?

Well, he came to me with the money.

Why'd he come to you?

I don't know.

He offered me 10 % of the profit if I'd set up a poker game.

That sounded all right to me.

You must have known him well.

Oh, I didn't know anything about him.

Come on, Sam. Where's he from? What does he look like? I don't know where he's

from, but I'll know him again when I see him. I want to know him when I see him.

Well, he's short and squat, like a frog.

Brett, I swear, I knew nothing about the holdup.

It was Logan's idea?

Well, it had to be.

He's long gone.

He's not in his hotel room.

He won't stay in Kansas City.

He'll get out.

He'll probably take the train.

Oh, no, he wouldn't go by train. That's the last way he'd go.

It's too easy to get caught on a train.

What are you doing?

I want to ask some questions, and I want you to stay where I can find you. Well,

you're not going to lock me in this room.

Oh, I'm not?

And don't try to jump out the window. It's three floors down.

Yes,

Mr. Maverick. Do you have a Mr. Logan staying here?

Yes, sir.

Room 305, but he checked out. When?

Oh, not more than about 20 minutes ago.

Was he alone?

I really don't know, Mr. Maverick. I didn't pay much attention.

Never mind. Are there any trains out tonight?

Yes, sir.

In fact, there's one pulling out right now, but you couldn't catch that one. I

could try.

If you miss it, there's one tomorrow.

Well, just made it, huh?

On the last card.

Can I buy a ticket from you?

Yeah, what do you have it for?

How far do you go?

Twin Rocks, Wyoming.

That be enough?

Boy, that'll take you much further.

Much further may be just the place.

I'm looking for someone, conductor.

Might be on this train.

Oh, is that so?

Yeah, very pretty girls. Traveling alone.

Blonde, about 23, 24.

Blue eyes and... Well...

I've been making this run for seven years.

I've never seen anything like that.

I guess you haven't seen it. You've still got your watch.

What are we stopping for?

Pulling in the stock up on wood.

Hiya, Sam.

Oh, well, imagine meeting you way out here.

What am I supposed to say? It's a small world. Even tiny.

But cozy.

I thought you'd be watching the station back in Kansas City.

I was.

Well, if you didn't see me get on Kansas City, how'd you know? You told me.

When we were discussing Mr. Logan, you said...

No one would be obvious enough to take the train out of town.

Now, Sam, you never do the obvious, unless you want someone to believe you

won't.

Is that clear?

Much too much.

Trying to find you in Kansas City would have been a hard job.

But I knew you wanted to find Mr. Logan as much as I did, so I figured you'd go

after him.

Well, Brett, I don't even know where he's from. How would I know where to

for him?

You didn't board the train five miles out of town so you could give me the

and find Mr. Logan yourself, did you?

Sometimes I forget how clever you are.

All right, Brett, I'll tell you the truth.

Please make it sound like a lie so I'll believe it.

Now, I told you I knew nothing about the holdup.

Logan played me for a sucker, too.

You mean to tell me that you went into this deal without knowing anything about

him?

I checked a little. It's from a small town in Wyoming.

I thought that would be the best place to start asking questions.

Last night, Logan and two men did exactly what you said they wouldn't do.

They took a train west.

Well, how was I to know?

Sometimes I think you think I forget how clever you are.

What does that mean?

You could be joining Logan for your cut.

Oh, Brad.

You're so suspicious.

And without cause, too.

Where are you going?

I'm going for a walk.

Oh, stay with me, Samantha. I get lonely on trains.

Oh, Brad, I couldn't very well get off, could I? The train's moving.

So it is. But you're Samantha Crawford.

And the engineer's only a man.

to bring you into a place like this, Sam, but as long as your supply of

holds out, I can't trust the locks on hotel doors.

I hate to bring you into a place like this, Fred.

You just keep an eye on your purse, Samantha.

I want to talk to that bartender over there.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Would you join us?

Well, I... No, please.

Could I buy you a drink?

Look, maybe I'd better go. Oh, no, no. My sister doesn't mind. Do you, Cynthia?

Oh, no, no.

Remember what Mother told you, Brother Brett?

Somehow I always remember what Pappy told me.

You two just come in town, huh? Twenty minutes ago.

What do you have?

Beer.

Make it a double whiskey. I've got a cold.

And two glasses of... Cherry.

How long have you worked here?

A year, I guess. Maybe more.

Well, then you must have known a man named Logan. He worked here.

Maybe I know lots of men.

Oh, you're pretty enough.

That's quite true, Cynthia.

We're looking for Mr. Logan.

What for?

Well, he was engaged to my sister, and he left her waiting at the church.

You was engaged to him, the frog face?

Well, I love the inner man.

You mean Logan went and left you?

Why, that dirty crumb.

Then you knew him.

Knew him?

You know, he done the same thing to me he done to your sister.

So you ain't alone, honey.

You're a great comfort.

He promised to marry you, too. He sure did.

Tended bar here for a long time. Then he left.

Said he was coming back with lots of money.

I could have done better than Frogface.

But he showed me $20 ,000 he had.

Where'd he get that money?

Mister, he was the original penny pincher.

Do you know that he lived out in a room in the back so he wouldn't have to pay

rent?

Ate nothing but sourdough and beans three times a day.

You could have knocked me over with a feather when he showed me that money.

He saved it.

So he showed you the money and said he couldn't come back with a lot more.

That's right.

Oh, did he come back?

Well, he came back all right a couple of days ago.

Two days ago?

Yeah. You know what he said?

What? That he didn't have no money.

Not even the $20 ,000?

He told me he had $100 ,000.

So I says, where is it?

A logical question.

What'd he say?

Two men stole it.

And he was going out after him.

He never had no

$100 ,000.

If you ask me, even that $20 ,000 wasn't real.

Did he say where he was going?

Stop listening.

Oh, please. Did he tell you?

Honey, when he comes back, you can have him. I can do better. Yeah, well, I can.

I mean, he's the only man I'll ever love.

That does beat all.

Now, now, where did he go?

He said something about Deadwood, I think.

You sure?

Yeah.

Then he was coming back for me.

Make a queen of me, he said.

Mister?

He's a liar.

Deadwood, that's where he went?

Come along, Cynthia.

The sooner we find Logan, the sooner the kiddies will have their daddy back.

There ain't a good man in the whole world.

That's a fine thing to say.

It was all in fun. Well, have fun alone.

I'm through.

Tired. We've come a long way, Brett.

Long enough. We're going after Logan. Happy hunting.

Oh, no, you're forgetting one thing.

Logan and maybe you cost me my livelihood.

You know, I can't play solitaire in a bear cave until I find him and get that

money back.

You know, I am sorry about that. Yeah, well, so am I.

And if it makes you feel any better, I don't think it had anything to do with

the holdup.

You're losing faith in me.

Well, that girl told us that Logan had plans to make big money before he left

here. Now, that doesn't clear you, but it helps.

Anyway, I'd feel better if I... There's just a little doubt.

And trusting you all the way would take half the fun out of life.

Oh, I wonder what it would be like.

What? Being married to you.

We couldn't afford it. Oh.

As my pappy always said.

Marriage is the only game of chance he knows of where both people can lose.

Come on, we gotta get the deadwood.

Logan's got a big jump on us.

Howdy. You got a room?

I got a hotel full of them. I'm looking for two friends.

Everybody's looking for a friend, mister. Why do you want two?

Just don't get smart. I want to know if they're staying here.

Well, how do I know? What's their names?

Bridget and Wells.

Not here.

Well, they gotta be here. I trailed them this far.

Look for yourself.

Oh, maybe they use different names.

Like what?

I don't know.

One of them was tall, mean -looking, had reddish hair.

The other one was short, like me.

The tall one was the one with the reddish hair.

Yeah, I remember them, too.

They here?

Room seven.

I'll take a room.

Maybe the one next to it.

Number six.

I told you I'd catch up with you.

The devil do you want?

Who are you?

Oh, excuse me.

Keep that gun pointed at me and I'll take it away from you and jam the

in your teeth.

That's better.

Now, what do you want?

I was looking for a couple of friends.

Friends?

I didn't mean to bust in on you.

Well, then bust right out.

All right, mister.

I got some questions to ask you.

I, uh, just made a mistake, that's all. Maybe you made a bigger mistake than you

thought. I was told you come here looking for two men.

Why?

They was old friends of mine.

One of them ain't gonna get any older, mister.

He's dead.

Which one?

Which one would you like to be dead?

Well, I ain't killed nobody. I just came looking for Pritchard and Wells.

You still ain't told me why.

Well, I guess I have to.

Like I said, I haven't killed anybody.

Ain't no law against somebody looking for a man, is there?

I guess not.

Only I want to know why one of them killed the other.

Was Pritchard the big man?

Yeah.

Why'd he kill Wells?

I don't know. Maybe they had a fight.

Maybe.

You planning on staying in town?

No, I'm just passing through.

That's fine.

Take your time.

Take an hour.

Sheriff?

Did you catch up with Pritchard? No.

Then he's still loose.

That depends.

Depends on what?

Me and my posse chased him as far as we wanted.

Maybe he didn't know it, but he headed right into Sioux country.

And the Sioux are in a bad humor.

Looks like they're going to see the territory the price of a hanging.

You want to catch him pretty bad, don't you?

I ain't gonna.

I ain't ever gonna.

Why? Don't you know the country?

I do.

What do you mean?

I'm for hire, mister.

For a price.

How much?

$500.

$250.

You don't want to catch up to him too bad, do you?

All right, $500.

You'd have been better off if you'd have said yes the first time.

I don't like to dick her.

The price has gone up.

It'll cost you a thousand now.

All right, all right.

When can we get started?

And Sloan told me they was going up the Kinnan Trail into Sioux country.

You might be able to find them, but I wouldn't advise it.

Well, that's probably the best advice we've had today.

Thanks.

Couldn't you have waited dinner?

Leave it alone.

You can put them down now.

But what we've got to do, we're going to have to trust each other.

At least for a while.

They've got him.

You sure it was him?

It's him, all right.

Alive? So far, but he won't be by morning.

They've got him tied up in one of the teepees.

Well, then let's get to it.

If we went down there now, we wouldn't have a chance.

But what if they kill him before morning?

Well, if you think you can make it alone, you just go ahead.

When do we go?

Tonight.

We'll try to get some rest, sleep if we can.

Once we get him out.

We're not going to have time to take a deep breath.

You did see him, didn't you, Brad?

Now, Sam, you don't think I'd try to outsmart you, do you?

You're sweet.

All right, Logan, you go first.

Brad, it's still not too late to forget it.

You're scared?

Sam, I don't believe you're afraid of anything.

He's alone.

Sloan, you stay here. Logan, come with me.

Dirty, slimy, double -crosser.

Look.

Where's the money, Richard?

Get me out of here. Have you got the money with you?

We're going to let him unless you tell us where the money is.

I lost it. I lost it coming in.

And then those dead ones got a hold of me.

You're a liar.

You've got that money.

Keep your eyes out there, Logan.

Now, look, it's going to be dawn in about three hours. They're out there

whipping themselves into a ladder. And when that sun comes up, they're going to

whip you into something else.

long see what happened to him.

Now you got about five seconds left to talk or be left here.

Now you make up your mind.

I buried the money.

I'll take you to it.

You think of everything, don't you, Logan?

Now, we don't want any shooting, do we?

Might disturb our friends.

Now, come on, gentlemen.

I believe it was your deal, Mr. Lockridge. I trust you'll accept our

Mr. Maverick, and congratulations.

Well, thank you, Mr. Gilling.

Hope there'll be no interruptions this time.

I don't think there will be while there's Mr. Pritchard in jail and Mr.

Logan very, very safe.

Well, looks like I can open this pot.

Fifty dollars, gentlemen.