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Gentlemen... meet Mangler Maverick.

Hadley's Hunters, Mr. Maverick.

Gentlemen, as Mr. McCabe has probably told you

I have reason to suspect that Cherokee Evans is at large.

'The reward for Evans cannot be paid the second time.'

However, this gentlemen says he can find him.

But if after five days he can't

and is not back in town..

I'm offering a $1,000..

For him cold or warm.

A Warner Bros. television production.

Warm.

I reckon for sidewinders.

Then there was Trigger Trevor.

- That's two Gs, Copes. - Uh, yes, Mr. Hadley.

I had Trigger figured the first hour he was in Hadley.

I says to myself, "He'll try the bank."

Two nights later when he tunneled into the vault

I was waiting for him.

Buried him on the bluff in view of the river.

Excuse me, the stage is just coming in, Mr. Hadley sir.

- Mr. Hadley. - Good morning, McCabe.

All 50,000 safe and sound.

She's been wearing a Winchester

ever since we got into Hadley County.

Good, we must maintain our standard

of the lowest crime rate in the West.

Remember, no criminal ever escapes.

Well, I'd feel better, sheriff, if the boys were gonna

chaperone that money all the way into Three Forks

instead of just till the county line.

I know how you feel.

But the law state our jurisdiction does not extend

beyond the confines of our own county.

Then what we need in this territory is a good governor

to rewrite those laws.

And that man ought to be Sheriff Hadley! Right, folks?

Right.

I appreciate your confidence, good people, uh..

Where did he come from, McCabe?

He was trying to stow away on the stage, sheriff.

Stow away?

Just happening to be on the stage

carrying the payroll for Three Fork.

You'd better have a good reason, stranger.

You heard the sheriff, sidewinder.

Give him a good reason.

Well, I do have an answer, sheriff.

Uh..

Alright, out with it.

It's a matter of pressing circumstances.

What pressing circumstances?

Uh, circumstances in..

Involving a billfold.

Pressed flatter than the mallard's in step.

Well, why didn't you say you were impoverished, stranger?

Ain't no crime to be poor.

I'll bet you to say there ain't a man in this crowd

that hadn't cast a thin shadow once or twice.

Just step into my saloon there.

They'll pander to give you anything you want.

Thank you, sheriff.

Oh, Deputy Smith! Bring out the prisoner!

Come on.

Cherokee Evans.

In a just court of law, you've been found guilty of rustling

'horse stealing and stage robbery.'

I'm sending you on up to the territorial prison

for execution.

Do you have any last words you'd like to say?

If you have, you better say it now, son.

I just want..

I want, I want to..

I've seen it before, folks.

Often, when caught red-handed

the sense of guilt overpowers a criminal

and for a short time he loses the power of speech.

Nice looking boy too.

These young folks never seem to calculate the wages of sin.

Put him aboard.

Our sheriff has done it again, good people.

Another hardened criminal brought to his knees

at the bar of justice.

'Three cheers for our sheriff.'

- 'Hip-hip!' - 'Hurray!'

- 'Hip-hip!' - 'Hurray!'

Hello, there, Sheriff Hadley...

- I heard him. Feed your tiger. - Thanks.

- 'Hip-hip!' - 'Hurray!'

Can't he do nothin' around this town without bawlerin'?

Feelin' a little tender?

I got a head belongs under a hen.

Huh?

- Wedding or a funeral? - Neither. The trial.

Trial?

Cherokee Evans had his trial in here last night.

In here? I heard Hadley mention a just court of law.

Around this town, stranger, court is just about any place

Hadley makes it law.

Please!

Trial is short and the conviction's quick.

And the celebration starts

the next morning I get me a Chinese gong for a head.

No serious objection to this kangaroo justice?

Objections? They love him.

They figure Hadley brought law and order.

They figure he's gonna be the next governor.

So does Hadley.

'That's why he's got that little squid Copes'

'taking down notes for a book on his life.'

- Please. - Sorry.

Uh, friend, this must have been a terrible tough time

before Mr. Hadley took over.

'No, no, not really.'

Fact is the town was kind of sleepy.

But Mr. Hadley had vision.

"Crime was sweepin' the west," is what he said.

Well, is it? He wasn't two hours in office

before a crime was committed.

Yup. No matter what you think of the methods

one thing is certain

Sheriff Hadley's done a job in this town.

He's cleaned up crime.

Even if he had to bring it along with him?

Don't you let nobody else hear you say that.

You'd stand a better chance gettin' bit by a rattlesnake

with the rabies if your name should go into that book

'that little man's writing.'

I thought you said that book was about his life.

It is.

It's also got every thought Hadley ever borrowed

and every idea he ever stole.

'He's got the life stories of all the criminals he's caught'

the deputies he's hired and notes on just about everyone

whoever looked cross-eyed at him.

'For all I know, Copes may be including his favorite recipes.'

Well, rest easy, mister.

I'm just a simple wayfarer, and as soon as I can gather

a couple of dollars I'll continue harmlessly on my way.

Well, what're you selling?

Fifty-two magic carpets.

- A gambler? - Mm-hm.

Say, did you ever play poker?

Well, I've yielded to that temptation.

Man, I'd sure like to get some pointers from ya.

I-I-I love the game, but I'm well, uh..

I'm just plain green about it.

No time like the present.

No! We'd both wind up in Sheriff Hadley's book.

No gambling in town?

Absolutely no gambling in Hadley.

Them as has the end to goes over to La Gardena

outside the county.

How far is that?

Oh, just a few miles. I'll tell you what.

I'll meet you over there tonight.

Friend, you've got yourself a game.

Well, we got us a new moonbeam in town, Pender.

How do you like our town, moonbeam?

- Oh, nothing to complain about. - Well, I got a complaint.

'I didn't see you take your hat off'

when the cheers was being led out there.

Well, you'll just have to excuse me.

I guess I was a little too busy considering Cherokee Evans

being brought to his knees at the bar of justice.

A thinker.

Well, a thinker oughta have his hat off.

Just so his head can grow.

What do you think about that, thinker?

Well..

I think you better get back to the zoo before they miss you.

I got a horse out back.

- He's that important? - He is.

Get on that horse and head over the north ridge

west of town, it's a shortcut to the Gardena road.

I'm-I'm much obliged to you, Mr. Pender.

- I've only got this watch... - No, no, no.

You keep your watch, son.

Now you turn Myron, uh, that's the horse.

You turn Myron loose when you get to Gardena.

He knows his way back by hisself.

And I'll be over there tonight.

You can pay me back in poker lessons.

My old pappy used to say, if you can't fight 'em then

they won't let you join 'em.

Best get out of the county.

Oh, I'd like to take it alone from here.

Jurisdiction, like that.

See ya back in town, Smithy.

Get 'em rolling.

Ho, ho!

What's wrong, Glen?

These broncs ain't grasshopper.

Drop your gun out the window.

Alright, get out.

Now, break him free.

Uh, you're free, boy. Travel.

Travel!

That's a little closer than friendship, isn't it?

I had to make it look good.

As long as you know what's good and what's me.

'Someone's comin'.'

Alright.

Yes, sir. He he he.

And it was one of the most memorable chapters of my life.

Now, let's see. Next is Wild Bill Garrison.

- That's two Rs, Copes. - Yes, Mr. Hadley.

He was trying to smuggle Chinamen

across the river into Hadley.

Sneaky, Gus.

Train done jumped the tracks.

What are you talking about?

Some yoko blew in before we had everything rigged.

I let out with the money. Stage is still back there.

- We gotta get back to town. - That's muddy thinking, boy.

We gotta find out what happened first.

Jones, you know where to take that stuff.

Come on, let's go.

Whoa!

It's the moonbeam.

Deputy Smith's been knocked cold.

Clint's been shot. And the money's gone.

Added to which I got a little business to settle

with the moonbeam.

Now, hold it, McCabe.

I don't stand for coercing a prisoner.

Prisoner? Now, wait just a minute.

You've got it all wrong, sheriff.

I was just riding down this ridge here and.. Hey!

Some rider held up the stage and I came over to...

Oh, I understand. Just tell me one thing.

- 'Where's the money?' - Well, there isn't any money.

Then where'd you bury it?

That's what I'm trying to tell you. There never was any money.

Copes?

I, uh, beg your pardon, sir.

Would you give me your name?

Maverick.

With one "ick."

Inside.

This is crime, where's the punishment?

You'll find out, moonbeam.

- Get Albert. - Sure, boss.

I'm going to tidy up a bit, Copes.

- I wanna be in this picture. - Yes, Mr. Hadley.

This is a jail?

These cells are tastefully concealed.

You see, Mr. Hadley chooses to look upon the chase

as the embodiment of his profession.

And therefore, he favors the decor of a hunting lodge.

Has anyone weighed his brain lately?

- I beg your pardon? - Forget it.

What am I supposed to do now?

But I was thinking, sir. Shouldn't we decide upon a name?

- A name? - Yes.

I was thinking of the name, Mangler Maverick.

- How does that strike you? - Mangler Maverick?

What are you talking about?

Well, I mean something that's deadlier than just Maverick.

After all, a Maverick is a cow with no mother or father.

A remark, sir, that could send a man picking up his teeth

with a rake.

No offense now, Mr. Maverick.

I only meant that, we need something

that'll sound stronger on the trophy wall.

- Trophy wall? - Mr. Hadley's trophies.

All the men that he's captured.

Ah, the new member?

Nice face.

Yeah, but there oughta be more color in the cheeks.

Black and blue, for instance.

Come along, Maverick.

'Have you gotten the name yet, Copes?'

Uh, Mangler Maverick?

Mangler? Yes, that sounds menacing enough.

- Mangler. - Give us a big scowl, Mangler.

This has gone far enough.

- McCabe? - Yes, Mr. Hadley.

Come on, moonbeam, let's you and I go in the backroom

and impress each other.

Sheriff, I...

Get this orangutan off me, I'll, I'll explain something to you.

'Hold it a minute, McCabe. Explain.'

Uh, well, sheriff, I heard you tell the people of this town

that you never let a criminal go uncaptured.

Stand on my record.

Well then, how does your record stand on Cherokee Evans?

- Picture's over there. - Yeah, but, he isn't.

He's out on the loose, put that in your book.

Or don't you include the sheriff's failures?

McCabe, Mr. Maverick has got a point there.

I most certainly do, sir. And it's your reputation.

Do you think Evans broke loose and absconded with the money?

Well, that's pretty obvious, isn't it?

Maverick, what's obvious to me is that

you and Evans are in this together.

To-together?

But I was coming into town when he was going out.

And you just happen to be stowed away

on a stage carrying a chest full of money.

You just happen to come on to a stage

as he was getting loose.

Now, ask a smart man, like yourself, Mr. Maverick

'Isn't that highly coincidental?'

Look, boss, why don't we just hang this dude

out for the bears?

However, since certain discrepancies

do exist in this case

I'm extending you one chance, Mr. Maverick.

- And what might that be? - Bring back Evans.

Bring back Evans?

You insist you're innocent, I'm asking you to show me.

Bring back Cherokee Evans.

I'll give you five days in which to do it.

Sheriff, I haven't the slightest idea where he is.

You'd better have.

There's an area between your chin and chest

that depends on it.

Well, uh, what's to keep me from leaving the territory?

Copes?

Hadley's Hunters, Mr. Maverick.

What's Hadley's Hunters?

Spell it out for the Mangler, Mr. Copes.

'I'll go get 'em ready.'

Well?

Hadley's Hunters are professional bounty hunters.

No one has ever escaped them.

I've got no bounty on my head.

But you would if you try to slip out of the territory.

You see, Mr. Hadley understood

the value of talent from the first.

He believes that in fiscal matters

the yield is always commensurate to the monies expended.

- What does that mean? - 'You get what you pay for?'

They're down in the saloon right now.

Well, that sounds fair enough.

Hadley must have a bounty on Evans.

Let's go down and tell the boys

there's a live one out in the cactus.

- Oh, no. - Of course, no.

'Evans has been captured once, the bounty's been paid.'

And Mr. Hadley would never think of

paying for the same job twice.

Copes and Maverick, come with me.

Back to your dark room, Albert.

McCabe.

Off and up, gentlemen.

Hadley's Hunters, Mr. Maverick.

Gentlemen, as Mr. McCabe has probably told you

'I have reason to suspect that Cherokee Evans is at large.'

'The reward for Evans cannot be paid the second time.'

However, this gentleman says he can find him.

But... if after five days he can't

'and is not back in town'

'I'm offering a thousand dollars'

for him, cold or warm.

Gentlemen..

Meet Mangler Maverick.

And meet him close.

Fill this prescription, Mr. Maverick.

In five days.

Marshal, I'm Bart Maverick.

I'm here for a fella by the name of Cherokee Evans.

Could you please tell me if you recognize his face

and where he could be found?

No, I haven't seen him.

Well, thank you. Thank you very much.

You know who he is?

Uh, no. Never saw him in my life.

- Thanks. - It's alright, partner.

Hey! Hey!

Hiya!

Hey, wait! Wa..

Colt.

Hey, partner. Hey, you alright? Here, take a look at that.

I'm lookin' for this fella.

You seen him around here in town?

Oh.

I bet you the price of a cup of coffee that, uh

you can't tell me who that is.

You win. You want that hot and black?

Yeah.

'I'll see ya and I'll raise ya a hundred.'

- I'll see ya. - Royal flush!

That's not a flush, it's a straight.

Ten, jack, queen, king, one, just like you said.

But they gotta wear the same brand.

You can fit lead for a cheater.

I don't think Mr. Pender was trying to cheat, friend.

- What do you want? - Just point something out.

Go ahead, point.

Well, it seems to me that Mr. Pender

just made a little mistake.

He's not claiming the money, that's yours.

So, you couldn't be cheated.

Maybe you're right.

- Drinks, Mr. Pender? - Thank you.

Gentlemen. Thanks again.

Like I said, uh, I'm a little green.

If a pigeon can be green.

Trouble is, with no gambling in Hadley

I never had no chance to practice.

Uh, make me a life-saver, Gus. And put it on my bill.

- Put 'em both on. - Life-saver?

Fresh juice of the tomato.

I had another celebration last night.

Hey, what're you doing around here, anyway?

- I'm on my way back to Hadley. - You're going back to Hadley?

Can you think of another place?

Well, the moon comes first to mind.

No, tomorrow's the fifth day.

I can't even find a trace of Evans.

- Why go back to Hadley? - It's in the agreement.

Agreement? Look, that's what they was toasting last night.

- Success on the hunt. - What hunt?

'The hunt for you. You ain't got a chance if you go back.'

'Course, come to think of it

you ain't got a chance if you run, neither.

Hadley's Hunters always catch up.

- But there is one possibility. - What?

- You gotta find Evans. - Oh, no.

Mister?

Mind if I take another look at that picture of yours?

Trouble with me is I make snap judgments.

Never had no trouble making up my mind

Yup. Done it this time, I reckon.

Now, I ain't a 100 percent positive, but I'd say

this is that fellar who used to spark Molly Brewster.

Molly Brewster? Where can I find her?

She and her old man got a little spread

about a half way to Three Forks.

I'm much obliged to both you boys.

Well, your time is running out, son, but good luck.

- Hey, wait. - Hmm?

You're not going back in that game, are ya?

I gotta learn sometime, ain't I?

My old pappy used to say man is the only animal

that can get skinned twice.

Good luck, Mr. Pender.

Hello.

How do you do, ma'am? Are you Ms. Molly Brewster?

Yes.

I'm trying to find the whereabouts

of a Mr. Cherokee Evans.

- Cherokee Evans? - Yes, ma'am.

And it's kind of important.

'Did I hear something about Evans?'

I'm sorry, I can't help you.

- Did you say Evans? - Yes, sir. Cherokee Evans.

- I know a Dan Evans. - Father, please.

Ain't worth nothing, that one. I told him to stay away from here.

Now he comes back to borrow a horse

daring to court my daughter.

- Please, father. - Women! Hearts of custard.

I can't tell you anything about Mr. Evans.

He's not around here anywhere.

Sorry to have troubled you, ma'am.

'I wonder what he wanted with Evans.'

'Most likely trying to collect a debt.'

Or a reward.

Dan, there was a man at the ranch today asking about you.

- Did you get rid of him? - Um-hm. He headed towards town.

Good. Let's have that dinner. I'm starved.

- It's just... - Don't tell me.

T-bone steak, mashed potatoes and fried onions.

How can you joke when someone is liable to...

What's there to worry about?

Now I know every rock in these mountains. It's like home.

Then you won't mind if I invite myself in.

It's him.

I should've said these mountains

were like the garden before the snake came.

Well, I'll just relieve you of the apple

so you won't be tempted.

Say, aren't you the fella that got off the stage when I got on?

Yeah. That'll do for a handshake. Come on, let's go.

And what do you want with me?

Sheriff Hadley thinks I pulled the job you pulled.

If I don't get you back there before sunrise

he plans on stretching some skin from here to here.

And what job did I pull?

You know as well as I do, Cherokee.

Now, you cold-decked Deputy Smith, unlocked the cuffs

and then rode off with the money.

- And where'd I get the horse? - Huh?

Yeah, that, uh..

That will take a little thinkin' about.

Here's something else for you to think about.

Hadley has a payroll that he wants to lift.

His men let me go and I get blamed for the job.

'Then you blunder along and he set you up as pigeon number 2.'

Now, that makes more sense than your story.

Yeah, it does at that.

Then it was one of Hadley's apes who pulled that job.

Deputy Jones wasn't just a guess.

Now, you get the picture?

A picture with a frame for two.

Hadley's been pulling these robberies for months.

And sending other people up for the jobs.

How come none of the victims have ever tried

to appeal his case, Cherokee?

Simple. Hadley spikes their meals with alum.

'Your mouth get so puckered up that it takes a whole day'

'for you to even whisper.'

And the name's Dan. Cherokee was Copes' idea.

I know what you mean.

Meet Mangler Maverick.

In sunnier times I'm Bart.

What's Hadley got against you?

Well, I guessed out loud that those deputies

Smith, Jones, and our friend McCabe

looked an awful lot like the Elder brothers.

Word got back to Hadley and that sold my saddle.

The Elder brothers? You mean the outlaws?

I am and very much sought after back in Kansas.

- Uh-huh. - Dan, look, down there.

There's the bounty hunters following your trail.

They weren't supposed to start till tomorrow morning.

Well, Hadley has his own set of rules.

Molly, you get your horse and circle back to Alamo's Canyon.

Bart and I'll be safe as long as we stay in these mountains.

Wait a minute, where's that gonna get us?

- Maybe you have a better idea? - Maybe.

You say those Elder boys are wanted in Kansas?

That means there must be a reward on 'em.

A thousand dollars a brother.

And that doesn't sound like an idea?

They're in Hadley.

We can't get to Hadley sitting on our thumbs. What do you say?

'How're we gonna prove anything even in Hadley?'

Do you know anything about the black book

Copes keeps for Hadley?

You find Evans in it under E.

You want a gambler, you'll find Elder in it?

Under the same letter.

It's too risky, Dan.

Well, it's better than hiding out forever.

- It's worth a gamble. - If you say so.

I'll need your horse.

- Goodbye, darling. - Bye.

- Good luck, Mr. Maverick. - Thank you, ma'am!

There they go, yonder.

Well, boys, let's gather 'em in.

See you in town, moonbeam.

It's no use. We've done everything but climb a tree

and we still can't shake 'em.

- How far is town? - About five miles, why?

Let's go climb that tree.

Goodnight. Goodnight, gentlemen.

- See ya later. - Come back soon, huh?

Pender! Pender, come over here!

How'd you get here without caskets?

- You wouldn't believe it. - We need help.

Come on in.

- How about a drink? - Help yourself.

If you're planning for the future

we ain't got a harp in the place.

I wanna know where Copes lives

and have you got a gun around here?

First is easy, he lives at Hadley Arms on the second floor.

Now, for the other, what's wrong with your gun?

I came through sandy river, the cylinder's frozen

the cartridges are soaked.

We got no artillery around here.

Except. No, it wouldn't help you none.

Anything will help us.

A little fella used to ride with the bounty hunters.

They kicked him 'cause he kept falling off his horse.

He left his gun to cover a bar bill. It's right over here.

Oh, tha..

What is that?

It's called a Mule's Foot or something.

It's got a range about half the distance of the recoil.

You can't hit nothing with it, but I guarantee you

there ain't a man that can walk against the muzzle blast.

Thanks, Mr. Pender, it's better than a beer bottle.

Come on, Evans.

Alright, time to get up, little man, time to get up.

- Oh God, wait! - Shh. Now, get up. Get up!

That's better now.

Suppose you'll let us see the sheriff's book.

M-Mr. Hadley would never allow that.

Look, Mr. Copes, I could pull a trigger on this thing

and why, it'd just smoke you to death.

Now, get that book.

See what you can find out, Dan.

Now back to the bed, sir. Go on.

Just sit down, right against the edge.

Here it is.

'"Believing the measure of a man is ability'

"I decided to offer the Elder brothers a chance

"to serve the people of Hadley county

"with the same devotion they had rendered in Kansas.

Open your mouth.

'"In order to protect them from the glamor'

"of their faithful following, I suggested the names of

Smith, Jones and McCabe."

Alright, that does it. Come on.

- You missed him. - I couldn't have missed him.

'I missed him.'

We better split up. I'll lead 'em off.

We'll both lead 'em off.

Now listen, there's $3000 reward in that book.

You get back to La Gardena and spread the word.

Good luck.

Take one more step, and I'll blast ya.

Put that smudge pot down, moonbeam.

You couldn't hit your foot with that thing.

Moonbeam, huh?

Maverick, you make a deep wound.

I think a bullet would draw the poison.

'Drop it, Hadley.'

We met this fella up the trail.

He read us a bed-time story out of this book.

Appears we've been smoothing out the hills

looking for the wrong man.

Gather 'em up.

Meet Mangler Maverick.

"The day I arrived in Hadley that's one E, Copes.

Yes, Mr. Maverick.

"I was tired, apprehensive, and frankly

I had the competence and courage of a chicken."

That's the only honest Chronicle of West I ever heard.

Folks, I propose a toast to Mr. Maverick.

Let's make this a real celebration. What do you say?

'Hurray! Hurray!'

♪ Who is the tall dark stranger there ♪

♪ Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Riding' the trail to who knows where ♪

♪ Luck is his companion ♪

♪ Gamblin' is his game ♪

♪ Smooth as the handle on a gun ♪

♪ Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Wild as the wind in Oregon ♪

♪ Blowin' up a canyon ♪

♪ Easier to tame ♪

♪ Riverboat, ring your bell ♪

♪ Fare thee well, Annabel ♪

♪ Luck is the lady that he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans ♪

♪ Living on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the west ♪

♪ Riverboat, ring your bell ♪

♪ Fare thee well, Annabel ♪

♪ Luck is the lady ♪

♪ That he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans ♪

♪ Living on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the west ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the west ♪♪