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Bret, you gotta get out of here fast.

I just made a call at the Webster Farm.

A stranger stopped me and asked me if you were in Sundown.

I said yes before I knew who he was.

Who was he?

John Wesley Hardin.

I never figured he'd find me way down here.

[Baxter] Well, he has, and he's gunnin' for you.

Now generally speaking, Mr. Maverack

I'd insist on the pleasure of gunning you.

But for strong personal reasons

I think I'll let Wes Hardin do it for me.

I gotta stop running sometime, Red.

I guess I got no choice but to face him.

"Maverick."

Starring James Garner and Jack Kelly.

Produced by Warner Brothers.

From the entertainment capital of the world.

Produced for television by Warner Brothers.

Well, here we are, folks.

Thank you.

Driver, who is that girl, forcing us off the road

like that? We could have all been killed.

Well, that's Carrie Christianson, ma'am.

You know, the last time she won the race.

I am Bret Maverick. I didn't know Jed had a grown daughter.

We Christian sons are full of surprises.

Hop in, Mr. Maverick.

I-isn't there a safer way to get to the Molly-O?

You could walk. It's only nine miles.

No, thanks. You mind if I drive?

What's the matter, are you scared?

Yeah.

- Hut! - Bye, Red.

Turn right at the corner.

Mr. Maverick

my dad has been kind of skittish about horses

ever since he was thrown.

I don't think he'd take too kindly

to the idea of me racing the stage into town.

- How is his leg? - Oh, it's better.

Well, would you mind telling him that I was waiting here

all prim and ladylike when the coach arrived?

Your father and I have been friends for a long time.

It wouldn't be right to lie to him.

I'll bet that girl forgot all about it.

Should have gone myself.

All the riding you're going to do for the next week

is right in this wheelchair.

There they are!

Now take it easy now, Jed.

- Hey, Maverick! - Now hold it, Jed.

- Yeah. Bret, how are you? - Hiya, Jed!

Well, I thought old rocking chair would get you one of these

days, but I didn't think it'd be a wheelchair.

You oughta see the horse.

Oh, Doc Baxter, Bret Maverick.

- Hi, doc. - Pleasure, Bret.

Uh, this girl on time to pick you up?

She was waiting for me when I came in.

Yeah.

All prim and ladylike.

Come on inside. Let's have a drink.

- Hello, Dr. Baxter. - Hello, Carrie.

♪ Do you remember sweet Betsy from Pike ♪

♪ Who crossed the wide prairie with ♪

Carrie, I told you not to do this.

♪ La-da di-da-da ♪♪

You rascal. Ha-ha...

Doc, what do you think of a man that'll go a 100 miles

out of his way just to drop in on an old friend?

Oh, I'll try and figure something fitting, Jed.

- How long can you stay, Bret? - Thursday.

I am off on the next stage.

- No longer than that? - That's it.

Eh. Oops, I forgot. That's the one vice you don't have. Yeah.

I guess you'll wanna clean up.

Carrie, take him upstairs and show him his room.

Thanks, Jed.

- It won't work, Jed. - Yeah, you wait and see.

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

Yeah, you can be pretty sure that he will.

That's the way I feel about this.

Alright, we'll start in by making a bet

that he won't be on that stagecoach Thursday.

Well, maybe he won't, but it still won't do you any good.

What's the big hurry, Bret? Leadville will still be there.

In this part of the country, how can you be sure?

Leadville's just starting to boom.

That's the time when the games are big and loose.

And with only a stake of $79?

I'll start in small games.

And faith and perseverance will get me into the big ones.

Suppose your luck's bad.

Jed, only one man in a hundred plays poker

with any regard for the odds.

Luck's important only when you sit down

with men who play as tight as you do.

When I find that out, I quit. It's gambling.

Why don't you pour a brandy for your old broken-down friend?

Fine brandy and good cigar don't taste the same

when there ain't nobody to share 'em with.

I can't tell you what it means, your being here, Bret.

Well, someday when I get thrown from a horse

you can share my brandy and cigars

if I have any.

You know, Bret, I have been searching my mind for a way

to say thanks, and I think I've stumbled on something.

You can lose even to a bad player, can't you?

When they play for luck, sometimes they get it.

Then you'd be a lot safer going into Leadville

with some real money.

Sad, but true.

Sundown is a little off the beaten track

but they have heard of poker.

There's one good game in town.

Game is not very lose, but it is big.

Minimum buy-in is $500.

Which is a little bit over my head.

I'll stake you to the 500. We'll split the take.

Uh, you said this wasn't a lose game.

I could lose.

Uh, they are good poker players, alright.

I've got a hunch you're better.

And I don't want you to leave Thursday.

Alright, Jed. You just invested in a poker player.

[Carrie] Hey, get off that horse!

You heard me. Get off! That's my horse!

Sorry, your father told me to take my pick.

You picked the wrong one. Mine.

You can have this one.

Nice of you not to make me walk.

Don't you want some company, riding into town?

I thought I heard your father tell you not to go into town.

Now, did you always do everything your daddy

told you to do when you were a little boy?

I'll bet he told you not to gamble.

When I was six years old, my pappy took my brother and me

into a saloon, they were playing Red Dog

and Chuck-A-Luck and Wheel of Chance.

"Son," he said, "this what's called gambling.

"Stay away from it. Games like this, you don't stand a chance.

As long as you live, stick to poker."

Sounds like a wonderful pappy.

So is yours.

Well, if young ladies did everything that their fathers

want them to do, they wouldn't have any fun out of life.

Now, would they?

Come on, I'll race you into town.

Three-to-one odds.

No, thank you. I'll stick to poker.

Come in.

- Is he here yet? - Who's that?

Oh, it's a friend of my father's.

Well, if he was a friend of my father's

he'd sure be a friend of mine mighty quick.

Come on in, Red.

Who is that who rode up with you?

Bret Maverick. He's staying with us for a while.

Oh. For how long? I mean, what's he doing around here?

I haven't any idea.

Well, how come you met the stage yesterday, honey?

What's the matter with one of the hands?

Red, you're jealous!

No, if I was jealous, I'd be out there busting him to pieces.

Come on now, what's he doing around here?

If we were married, I'd give you the key

to my diary. How about it?

There's some awful nice pages in there you might like to read.

- About you and me. - Now don't start that again.

- You know I'm right. - But you're not right! Don't--

Look, I don't wanna argue about it anymore.

We get married, and-and your father throws you off the ranch

and leaves it to that lily brother of yours.

Then where'd we be?

Together, like we oughta be.

I told you we're gonna wait.

I don't wanna talk about it anymore.

Alright, then we won't talk about Mr. Maverick anymore.

I'll raise you 50.

Hold it, Mr. Maverick.

Uh, he stumbled back there. May have picked up a pebble.

No, it seems alright.

I'll buy you a drink.

Alright.

My father tells me you aren't leaving Thursday.

Yeah, it looks that way, we got

a little business proposition going.

Yes, I know.

I'm sorry, but you're wasting your time.

I wouldn't say that. We, we're already a $180 ahead.

You expect me to believe that's why you're staying here?

- To play poker? - Why not?

The only hand my father wants you to hold is mine.

But it won't work.

I find you

completely resistible.

I don't know what you're talking about. Do you?

- You mean, he didn't tell you? - Tell me what?

That I am in love with a simply terrible man, Red Hardigan

and that I wanna marry him?

Why should he?

Well, aren't you supposed to sweep me off my feet?

Turn my head, make me realize that Red's not the man for me?

Well, it sounds like a nice job, but it wasn't offered to me.

No?

Well, that's why he kept you here.

- You're sure of that? - I know it.

What's your dad got against this Hardigan, is it?

Only one thing. He doesn't have any money.

At least he and I are starting off even.

You're not starting off at all, Mr. Maverick.

That's the whole point.

Well, if that's what I was hired for, don't you think

I owe your dad at least an effort?

Men do hate to be told they're resistible, don't they?

Only if it's convincing.

- And I wasn't. - No.

Don't take it too poorly, Mr. Maverick.

But I still find you completely resistible.

And I'm still not convinced.

Let's go home.

Now back to "Maverick."

Everything alright?

All fine. We're a 180 ahead.

Good.

Here's your 90.

And the 500 you staked me, too.

I'm gonna move on the way I planned, Jed.

Wait a minute. You agreed to stay.

That was before I found out why you wanted me to.

She's a real nice girl, Jed.

But I promised my pappy that on my 38th birthday

I'd look around for a wife

get married and raise 12 Mavericks.

That's a long way off.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Then you won't mind if I catch the next stage.

Alright, Bret. Alright.

I was desperate.

This fellow Carrie's got herself tangled up with

he's no-good, worthless, coward and a bully.

Well, why don't you just have a talk with him, scare him off?

Uh, the smell of this ranch and my money is making him brave.

He's got Carrie fooled.

I was hoping getting to know you and finding out

what a real man was like would straighten her out.

Well, I feel for you, Jed, but that's a little out of my line.

Oh, I didn't expect you to marry her, Bret.

Oh, but had it worked out that way

I'd have been mighty pleased and delighted.

Jed, I thought you were a better judge of character.

Bret, you don't know what it's like

bringing up a girl all alone.

If Molly was here, she'd know what to do.

Give it time, it will work out.

When I think of all the plans Molly and I had

for those two kids... Look at 'em now.

Boy back east, a piano player.

Carrie with not enough sense to spot a no-good liar

when she sees one.

Well, Jed, maybe she'll see it before it's too late.

[Jed] Take a handful.

Doubt if you'll find cigars like that in Leadville.

Well, I'll have a supply shipped in from Cuba.

I hope you're right.

You know, Bret, I hate to see you

start with such small stakes.

How would you like to sweeten your poke with a $1 000?

And all I have to do is stick around another week, is that it?

No, it's long enough to lay out five pat poker hands.

You told me once you could do it with any 25 cards.

- Still think you can? - Well, not every time.

Forty-nine times out of fifty is a conservative guess.

What are you trying to do? Lose money to me?

No, win some.

You're too sure of yourself.

My pappy invented the game, Jed. Maverick Solitaire.

Thousand dollars says you can't lay out three times running.

What odds do you give me?

Three times in a row oughta be 16-to-1.

Settle for 5-to-1.

Alright, you got yourself a deal.

- Heh-heh. - Soon as I get hold of $5000.

Uh... Well, if you lose, you can owe it to me.

Are you serious about this?

I'm never more serious about anything in my life.

And I've never owed anybody any money in my life.

And I don't intend to begin now.

So I guess I'll just have to win.

- Shuffle 'em good, Jed. - Heh-heh.

I'd have bet 20-to-1.

It's a good thing you didn't.

Bret you owe me $5000 and you haven't got it. Is that right?

Make a deal with you.

You stay on a week from Thursday

and you don't owe me a cent.

You don't ever give up, do ya?

What did you do, ring in a stacked deck?

Now, Bret, go ahead and search me.

Go ahead. If you find another deck on me, you win the bet.

Tell you what? You stay on, you don't owe me a cent.

Thousand dollars is yours. What do you say?

I am ashamed of you, Jed, it's a mean

lowdown, dirty trick to play on your daughter.

And if you think I'm going along with it

if you think I'd have anything to do with that...

...you're right.

Well, there you are.

I'll be through shopping in a couple of hours, Mr. Maverick.

I'll meet you back here.

Thanks ever so much for driving me into town.

Well, I guess I'll just have to deal myself a winning hand.

It's about time.

Let's go, doc.

- Hello, Red. - Hello, doc.

I am Red Hardigan. Mind if I pull up a chair?

All it takes is $500.

Oh, I never play cards with strangers.

I just want to have a little talk with you.

Carrie tells me you're staying on a while.

Mm-hmm. I'll open for 50.

Well, I think there's something you oughta know about me.

Something that no one around here knows, except maybe Carrie.

I got a weakness. A real bad weakness.

I'm a jealous man. There's nothing I can do about it.

It just sort of takes me over, and my stomach starts churning

and, well I do things I don't hardly remember when it's over.

Well, we all have our problems. Ahem.

I was trying to run these gentlemen out.

Two of them called me.

I'll take three cards.

You know, you have a kind face.

I, I can tell by looking at you, you're not the sort

who'd wish trouble on anyone.

So why don't you help me fight this thing?

I'd be much obliged if you'd be on that stage leaving tomorrow.

Can I count on that now, Mr. Maverack?

I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr. Hardigan

but I plan to stay another week.

I could've swore you weren't the sort to let a man suffer.

Now I'm liable to do something bad.

Something against my will.

Won't you think it over?

Well, thinking things over never hurt anybody, did it?

You have no idea how good that makes me feel.

And I just know you're gonna come to the right decision.

You don't know him, Maverick. He's mean.

I wouldn't fool with him if I were you.

I don't intend to.

[Baxter] I know of at least two men he's killed.

Now back to "Maverick."

- Hello, Mr. Christianson. - Hello.

Oh.

There you go.

Your carriage awaits.

Give it to someone who needs it.

On second thought, why walk when you can ride?

I think I'll drop over and see Susie while you're at the bank.

I'll need my driver, we'll go to the bank

then we'll both go see Susie.

Red.

He's no more leaving on that stage than you are.

Thanks, Al.

You're gonna have another passenger.

I want you to wait for him.

We're leaving in three minutes, Red.

Look he'll be here. You wait for him.

It'll cost you 20 to see.

Aces up.

Your stage is waiting for you

Maverack.

- You're selling tickets? - No, but you're buying one.

- I am? - Yes, indeed.

You've been an understanding soul

and one that don't like violence.

Let's get out of here, Maverick. We don't want any trouble.

You're right, doc. Not that kind.

Here, doc!

- Get him, Red! Come on, boy. - Get up there.

- Come on. - Get him, man.

- Come on. - Get him, boy.

- Get him, Red. - Come on, boy.

Come on. Come on. Get him, boy.

- Carrie. - Come on, man.

- Ah, get him, boy. - Get him.

That's right! That's right!

- Ooh! - Come on, buddy.

- Come on, Red. - Come on, get up.

Get up, Red! That's right. Come on, Red. Come on, boy!

Get him. Come on! Get him. Come on!

Hit him again! Let's go! Right, right. Come on.

- Hit him. - Hit him up, Red.

- Come on. - Hit him up, Red.

You boys carry him over to my office.

Carrie, come back here!

Mm.

- Oh, Bret. - Yeah?

I've just played 12 hands of Maverick Solitaire

without a miss. Still can't understand it.

Looking at you there, a person swear

you never had a care in the world.

It's the first time in my life I've ever been able

to make money just sitting around waiting till Thursday.

Bret, this thing's gone a little further than I intended.

- You better clear out. - And owe you $5000?

- No, thanks. - Oh, forget about that. I...

Ah, it's a pleasure to work off a debt this way

and pick up a $1 000 in the bargain.

I don't want any argument. Red's a no-good coward.

But he's better with a gun than any man I've ever seen.

I'm canceling the 5000.

You won it fair and square, and that's the way I'm playing it.

Bret, I switched decks on you.

Never did a thing like that before in my life.

Well, it's a relief to know that.

Oh, Jed, I, I guess if I had a daughter in love

with Red Hardigan, I'd try a thing or two myself.

Glad you feel that way, Bret.

- Now you better get started. - Leave?

Without that $1 000 you put up?

- You don't expect that, do you? - Of course.

That $1 000 wasn't part of the bet.

That was a bonus for staying over a week from Thursday.

And I'm staying. That's our deal.

And if you hadn't have switched decks

I might've been more co-operative.

Wait a minute, you Maverick!

I wanna talk to you. You're quite a man, aren't you?

You hit him when he wasn't even expecting it.

Well, if he had been expecting it

I don't think I'd have hit him.

Oh, I heard about it from half a dozen people.

Some of them not even friends of Red's.

And that's the way you did it, isn't it?

That's not how it happened.

You hit harder and I used my left.

Without any warning, he didn't even have a chance.

After I got rid of his gun, he didn't.

Well, next time he'll be ready, with a gun in his hand.

And it just happens that he is

the best shot in this whole county!

- How big a county is this? - Oh.

Get a horse and find out. Take my pinto.

You aren't worried about me, are you, Carrie?

You happen to be a friend of my father's

and I don't want my future husband killing you.

Oh, thanks, thanks.

- The trouble is, I can't leave. - Why not?

Oh, I'm involved in a big business deal.

- Lot of money involved. - Oh.

You put money ahead of everything, don't you?

No.

Well, there's breathing.

Well, maybe you oughta just keep that in mind.

Good thing it wasn't my right hand, doc.

This right hand is gonna bring you some business.

Well, that one's just bruised. Not too bad.

Might give a little trouble for four or five days.

Well, what about this one? I could hardly sleep last night.

Oh, I'll get you some pills.

- Doc, I ju-- - Shh, shh.

I told you to stay away from town.

There was over $400 in that last pot. It's mine.

I just thought you might have seen who picked it up.

Didn't you listen to what I said about Red Hardigan?

- Now get in there. - What?

You heard me.

Take one of these every three hours.

- Well, wh-what are they? - A medical preparation.

Oh.

What was all that?

It was Hardigan. And he's gunning for you.

It's a nice young man Carrie picked out for herself.

You come on. I wanna show you something.

Ah, just a minute.

Well, uh, how good a shot are you?

About average, I guess.

Well, let's see what your idea of average is.

Now you think you can hit that pie plate

before it gets to the ground?

- I don't know. - Stand there.

Now if I can't talk you into getting away from here

and Red Hardigan, maybe I can demonstrate that you should.

Are you ready?

Ah, you're average, alright.

Now you stay back here and I'll show you what Hardigan can do.

Say, Red, uh, maybe I should've taped up your right hand.

Mm. Doesn't bother me a bit.

Well, you never can tell. Let's test it.

It's been quite a spell since you've tried this.

Any time you're ready, doc.

You're ready?

That money that was left on the floor yesterday

belonged to me. Can I have it?

You won't be needing it, friend.

Get away from him, doc.

Now you edge over a little bit, Mr. Maverack.

I don't wanna get a bill for that mirror.

I'd sure like to oblige you, Red, but...

You were lucky. He got it on the right hand.

He's the one who's lucky.

But your luck won't last.

The day that bandage comes off...

W-When's that gonna be, doc?

Well, it'll take at least a week.

- A week? - That's in pretty bad shape.

Didn't seem to hurt too bad when he rode into town this morning.

Saw him tie up his horse real good with both hands.

Well, that means it ain't sprained or broke.

So the doc says a week, huh?

Well, now I'm not a bloodthirsty man, Mr. Maverack.

I'll give you till Monday.

Your hand better be well by then.

You know, Red, you just might be right.

I'm always right, Lily babe.

Old man Christianson brought him in here

to knock Carrie right off her feet.

That old man sure doesn't know much about women.

- Mn-mn. - But then, what man does?

- Red here? - Yeah.

What's the idea coming around here?

It's Carrie. She wants to meet you at Susie's.

- Is she over there now? - Yes.

I told her you were at the stables.

Oh, good boy, Al.

- I'll make you a little bet. - What?

I'll bet that you go right on seeing me after you marry her.

Well, you'll lose your money.

How much do you want to bet?

I better get over there.

I'm gonna ask you to do something for me.

I thought so.

You mean you're gonna ask me not to do something.

Well, what good will it do? Suppose you kill him?

- What do you mean "Suppose?" - Alright, you will kill him.

You're mighty worried about a man

you claim means nothing to you.

He doesn't, Red. Not a thing.

Then what's he doing around here?

What's he hanging around town for?

- I don't know. - Carrie.

Your father's here.

You better go out the back way, Red.

Yeah.

Oh, wait, the only reason he's coming here is

'cause he knows I'm here.

- I better stay. - Well, I'm not staying.

I only like fireworks on the Fourth of July.

Now, papa, before you say any--

You keep quiet, Carrie.

I don't have to ask you how long this has been going on. I know.

It was my idea. if you'd let Red come to the ranch--

That'll be the day.

I don't know why you feel this way about me, Mr. Christianson.

Oh, yes, you do.

You've known ever since you were a dirty-nosed little kid

stealing candy from Mrs. Briggs.

I never saw you work, Red.

Well, maybe a little at roundup time.

Who takes care of you? Your friends?

Well, I won't pretend it hasn't taken me

longer than most to get ready to settle down, but...

Well I'm ready now.

Well, that's fine.

Now I'll tell you a good way to start.

Bret Maverick's a guest of mine.

He won't be going Tuesday

but he will a few days after that.

I want you to leave him alone.

What's he been telling you, Mr. Christianson?

That I started this?

Oh, that Bret Maverick's quite a man

getting you to come here and beg for mercy.

You got the wrong one pegged for a coward, Carrie.

What do you mean by that?

I mean you're the coward, Red.

- Is that clear enough for you? - No one calls me that.

- Somebody just did. - Well, if you weren't Carrie--

- Now stop it, both of you! - Don't stand in his way.

Carrie, this will speed things up.

The sooner he gets rid of me

he could get you and the Molly-O.

Let's get out of here Red.

Now I, I don't wanna cause any trouble between you

and your father, Carrie. So I'll go.

You got me wrong, Mr. Christianson.

One of these days you'll realize it was Maverick

that started all of this, not me.

Now I've had about enough of this.

Just because you don't like Red.

Carrie, can't you see what he's up to?

Why, if he was any kind of a man, he'd marry you

whether I was for it or not.

He's thinking of me.

I'd go anywhere with him, but he won't have it that way.

- He wants to wait till... - Till I die.

[Jed] He knows that if you married him now

I'd turn you out and never see you again.

Honey, believe me, he wants the Molly-O

a lot worse than he wants you.

There's nothing you can say that's gonna make me

change my mind.

I love him and I'm going to marry him.

Carrie!

- Have you seen Maverick? - Why?

I've got news for him. Bad news.

You have, huh?

He's in the saloon.

Come on.

Bret, you've gotta get out of here fast.

I just made a call at the Webster Farm.

A stranger stopped me and asked me if you were in Sundown.

I said yes before I knew who he was.

Well, who was he?

John Wesley Hardin.

I never figured he'd find me way down here.

[Baxter] Well, he has, and he's gunning for you.

Well, now generally speaking, Mr. Maverack

I'd insist on the pleasure of gunning you.

But for strong personal reasons, I think

I'll let Wes Hardin do it for me.

What's he got against you, Bret?

Oh, I played poker with him. He's a bad loser.

Well, so am I, so don't you try running

'cause I ain't gonna let you.

I gotta stop running sometime, Red.

I guess I got no choice but to face him.

Now what about that, sheriff?

Are you gonna stand by and let Hardin kill this man?

You heard what he said, if two men want a fair fight

I got no cause to interfere.

Of course, if Maverick got shot in the back

while running out of town, I've gotta arrest somebody.

Well, a man's entitled to some protection.

If he asks for protection, he'll get it.

And what about Hardin? Isn't he a wanted man?

Not in this territory.

Far as I know, he's just a man with a big reputation.

A man asked me to give you a message. John Wesley Hardin.

Wants to know if you're coming out or if you want him

to come in after you.

Come on out! There's gonna be a gunfight!

John Wesley Hardin!

Come on out! There's gonna be a gunfight! John Wesley Hardin!

Oi. You've gotta get back, miss. There's gonna be a gunfight.

Come on, boys, we don't wanna miss this.

Now back to "Maverick."

That's John Wesley Hardin.

It was an accident. You...

You can't fan a gun and hit anything.

Three bullets. Right through the heart.

I'll carry him in, doc. It's the least I can do.

Fanning that way, and he hit the mark all three times.

Put him right over there.

[Bret] Mean-looking cuss, ain't he, doc?

You could've taken it a little easier.

Here, lie down there.

Somebody might be looking through the window.

I'm sorry, Maverick, but if they find out you're Bret's brother

you'll both be dead for real.

Where is that other big gunslinger, Red Hardigan?

I might as well take care of him while I'm in the mood.

Where are you, Red?

Where is Red?

Where is he?

...800, 900,1 000.

There you are, Bret. You earned it.

Hope it brings you good luck in Leadville.

Thanks, Jed.

You know, Bret, like everybody else around here

I've never seen John Wesley Hardin.

But I did see your Brother Bart once.

And Hardin looks an awful lot like him, at that distance.

You wouldn't have anything to say about that, would you?

Well, Jed, let me leave you with this word of advice.

If you ever meet up with a gunslinger

don't fan your gun.

Mm.

Of course, I took the precaution

to remove the lead before I shot him.

You were taking quite a chance.

After all, I knew Red was a coward.

You didn't.

Sometimes it frightens me what I'll do for money.

You rascal.

- Good luck. - Jed.

Goodbye, Mr. Maverick. And thanks.

- For what? - You know.

The one thing I was sure of was that

Red was a man and not a coward.

I was willing to overlook his other faults.

Well, I'm a cautious man myself and, uh

it was those other faults that bothered me.

You're not as cautious as you like to think.

Goodbye, Bret.

And you don't have to take the stage.

I'm afraid I do.

I had my pinto saddled. You're welcome to him.

Well, how will I get him back?

You don't have to. It's a present.

Goodbye, Bret.

Thanks.

- Well, howdy, brother. - Howdy, John Wesley Hardin.

You're looking mighty fit considering

you were just dug up.

I suppose you dig up that 500.

I believe that's the sum mentioned in the telegram.

Now that's not worthy of you, Bart.

Your own brother's life is hanging in the balance

and all you're thinking about is $500.

No, Bret, that's not all I'm thinking about.

No. You're thinking about my 500, too.

Howdy. This the way to Sundown?

- Sure is. - How far is it?

Well, about five miles.

Is that the town where John Wesley Hardin was shot?

News travels fast.

Who done it?

Fellow by the name of Bret Maverick.

Must be fast on the draw.

Like lightning.

I'm hankering to meet up with him.

- You are? - Yeah.

To prove that lightning never strikes twice in the same place.

I'm John Wesley Hardin.

That's the way to Sundown, alright.

Right down there. Ahem.

Yeah.

[Bart] In our next, we follow the lives of seven people

on a thousand-mile journey northward.

I've just hired Mr. Maverick to boss the drive.

We already got a trail boss.

No sense in paying a $100 a month for no reason.

Three-hundred a month, Mr. Grimes.

Plus a dollar for every head delivered in Kansas.

I will eat no more swill!

This man is a poisoner, not a cook.

If I was a poisoner, you'd have been dead a week ago.

You're two cent tin of lard.

You ain't good enough to eat with the hogs, you...

- Mm... - Let him come, Horace!

I've never seen a Dutchman yet I couldn't lick.

[Bart] On the second day of that journey

the seven faced an urgent problem.

Which of them was a murderer and which was the next victim?

Somebody here is a killer.

We got two more weeks on the trail before we get to Kansas.

What are we gonna do about this?

Please, don't say anything.

Thank you. You've been very kind.

I don't know what you told the others

but between us it was real clear.

I didn't quit my job and risk all my cash

just to make a little money.

And you know it.

Well maybe you'll remember this.

Fred, let, let go of me.

Fred.

You, you...

I'm glad you did that

because now I can stop being polite.

When I pay $3000 for something, I intend to...

- See that over there? - Them clouds?

- Yeah. - Huh.

They ain't movin' this way.

They don't have to. That's a storm building up.

We're gonna see it and hear it, and so are the cattle.

[Bart] This one has a shocking surprise you won't wanna miss.

See you here next week for "Yellow River."

♪ Who is the tall dark stranger there? Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Ridin' the trail to who-knows-where ♪

♪ Luck is his companion gamblin' is his game ♪

♪ Smooth as a handle on a gun Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Wild as a wind in Oregon blowin' up a canyon ♪

♪ Easier to tame ♪

♪ Riverboat ring your bell fare thee well Annabelle ♪

♪ Luck is the lady that he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans livin' on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪

♪ Riverboat ring your bell fare thee well Annabelle ♪

♪ Luck is the lady that he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans livin' on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪♪

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