Original subtitles

"Maverick."

Starring, Jack Kelly and James Garner.

A Warner Brothers television production.

Theo. Theo!

What is it? What can I do for you, Mr. Mayor, honey?

In deference to the elected candidate

namely me

it's only common courtesy to dispose

of the campaign propaganda of the defeated candidate.

Well, now, Billy only lost in the election.

Everybody knows he's a common criminal.

Oh! Not everyone.

Well, I voted for him, and I'd vote for him again.

Theo?

Well, now, honey, it's not political

it's only personal.

- What'll it be, young fella? - Whiskey.

Marshal!

Yes, siree! I'm sure looking forward to retiring.

Wyatt Earp can't get here

soon enough far as I'm concerned.

Yeah, Marshal...

I... pump you another hundred, Mr. Maverick.

Marshal, I'm, uh...

I'm a little short of cash.

[Oliver] Uh, Marshal.

Er, Theo won't take down that poster of Billy Coe.

Look, this is her place and that poster ain't illegal.

You were saying, Maverick?

Oh, yes, well, I was, uh...

I was wondering if maybe an IOU--

Oh, no! The town's full of your IOU's, Maverick.

Now, you better win that pot

and pay what you owe me for the boots and hat

that you charged at my store!

She's glorifying a criminal!

Theo darling, take a look at these.

No. No, honey, no more credit.

Are you gonna fold or call, Maverick?

[Bart] You know, Marshal, I, uh...

I should think my horse

and saddle would just about cover that--

That horse ain't gonna leave my stables

till you've paid me for his keep.

Tsk. Alright, I reckon that makes it my pot.

[Bart] Uh, now, just a minute, Marshal, uh...

Uh, I'd say that ought to just about cover that debt.

[Oliver] Uh, gentlemen, please.

A ravenous wolf is gonna descend on us.

He'll tree the town, he'll tear us all to pieces!

Stop foaming, Mayor.

Coe knows I'm waiting.

He ain't about to call my hand.

Anymore than Maverick is.

Looks like the marshal ain't gonna need

that retirement fund now.

You boys better take care of the marshal.

Who, uh... Who was he?

Beasley Kid.

Uh-huh! Now, he always was a wild one.

But what do you suppose he was after?

- A reputation? - Billy Coe put him up to it.

Oh! For heaven's sakes! Billy can do his own fighting.

Now, take it easy, Theo.

Gentlemen, I don't wanna appear irreverent

but we do have some unfinished business.

Yes, we certainly do.

We got to appoint a new marshal.

Form a posse and hunt down that mad dog Coe.

Uh, gentlemen, can't this wait?

Hey! What about Maverick for marshal?

I mean, after all, gun handling like his

certainly oughta give Billy Coe

something to think about!

Mr. Maverick, will you be honored?

Thanks, but no thanks, Mr. Mayor.

I'm not too familiar with that side of the law

and besides, you folks are waiting for Wyatt Earp.

Well, we're waiting, yes, but we need a marshal now.

- Billy Coe-- - He's your problem.

My problem is right here on the poker table.

Now, the Marshal raised me $100

and I called with my horse and saddle, correct?

And I have here three pretty little twos.

- What does he have? - Alright, just a minute!

Heck claimed that pot and died intestate.

I must assume custody

until rightful ownership is legally established.

You can establish that by merely looking at his cards.

[Oliver] Impossible.

And speaking of custody...

Your indebtedness

and your lack of any visible means of support

suggests vagrancy.

Uh, Mr. Mayor, are you threatening me?

Uh-huh.

Uh, you're prepared to take me into custody too, hmm?

Uh-huh.

Unless I take the job of marshal, right?

Ah!

And if I do accept the job...

...do I get to see the hand?

Uh-huh.

As marshal, it'll be part of your, uh...

...legitimate investigation.

Uh-huh. if I win?

- We all win. - If I lose?

Well, Heck has no relatives.

I see no reason why

part of the money shouldn't go to satisfy your obligations.

Oh.

Good!

Just until Mr. Earp arrives, agreed?

Agreed. I'll swear you in tomorrow.

- Now, meanwhile-- - Fine.

Now you just let me see what the marshal had.

- A straight! - Straight?

- Straight. - Uh, just a minute.

Come on, Marshal, I'll buy you a drink.

Oh, no! No, not now! Not now!

Uh, the posse. You got to form a posse.

- For heaven's sakes! - The posse.

Oh, uh, uh...

Anyone for joining a posse

for the purpose of running down Billy Coe?

Uh, partner?

Nobody?

Fine, that's splendid!

Splendid?

Well, that's excellent strategy.

This way, he'll have to come to us.

Which I hope isn't until Wyatt Earp gets here.

- When do you say he's due? - In six weeks.

- Six weeks? - That's right.

I'll take that drink now.

[Oliver] Maverick!

Maverick! Up, up, up, to arms. He's here!

Billy Coe, he's in town, all alone!

Ow...

What do you want me to do about it, Mr. Mayor?

Keep him company?

Oh, he's a killer, he's a murderer!

Y-you're the law! Stop him

before he runs amuck and slaughters somebody!

Ow...

Eh, yeah, alright, I'll go.

It's, uh, better than being slaughtered here in this chair.

Oh, Billy.

Billy, you can't be what they said, you can't.

You couldn't have had Heck Thomas killed.

You couldn't.

Now, I already told you, honey

if I wanted him dead, I would've shot him myself.

Now, stop thinkin' about it.

And you start thinking about

who you are gonna be in this town.

Money.

Clothes from Paris. Hmm-mm!

You're gonna be proud of Billy Coe

and I mean, real proud.

Oh, honey, you're gonna run in the next election, aren't ya?

Oh, no! I-I'm not waiting that long.

I'm starting right now.

Men! Horses!

Yeah, I'll be running Abilene

before the first cattle come up here from Texas.

Cashin' in when 'em banks are full.

And the drovers are drunk and spendin'.

Tsk. Oh, I'm gonna make my little pile, alright.

For the years out.

And then I'm gonna lay it at your feet.

Oh, no.

Oh, no, you are not

because I don't want it that way!

Baby doll...

...we both want it...

...anyway.

No. Now, you listen to me, Billy.

I have told you for the thousandth time

it can't be that way.

Oh, honey, you could be so wonderful

you could be such a great leader.

But it's got to be my way, Billy.

Please, you gotta try it my way!

Mr. Coe.

My name is Bart Maverick.

[Billy] Oh, Marshal Maverick I tell you?

Specialty is killing kids.

Now, he was a man, Mr. Coe. He murdered Heck Thomas.

Kind of ungrateful of you, wasn't it?

He got you the job.

But I don't like the job.

The present is nervous, the future is doubtful

and the pay's atrocious.

You do me a favor and I'll do one for you in return.

You stay out of Abilene for the next six weeks.

Why six weeks?

Because after six weeks

you'll be somebody else's problem.

If you come here again, I'm gonna try to take you

and you'll probably try to stop me.

One of us is liable to get dead.

Could be me, and I think that's too big an investment

to put into a six week job.

Just, why do plan to take me?

Because you are a murderer.

Bart, what're you talking about?

Beasley did that job on your orders.

So, you are as guilty as he was.

[Billy] If you can prove it.

[Bart] Well, I can.

He didn't die instantly.

He signed a confession.

You're a liar.

Do you care to bet your life on that?

Well, if he did...

...then he was lying.

Now, you listen to me, Mr. Coe.

I was there after he regained consciousness.

Now, you're gonna take that six week vacation

or am I gonna have to...

You're taking the vacation, Maverick.

And a good long one.

Now, we're gonna pay a visit to your office

gonna pick up that little old piece of paper

and ride out of town and find a nice quiet spot

to dig your grave. Now, go on.

Get outta here, Billy Coe!

Before I kill you.

Get out!

I'll be back, Marshal Maverick.

In less than six weeks.

You were lyin', Bart.

Beasley Kid was dead as soon as your bullet hit him.

Uh-huh.

Tsk, at least now we know who sent him.

Thanks, Theo.

Honey...

Looks like I've been playin' against a mock debt

doesn't it?

Yeah.

Now, back to "Maverick."

By drawing on me, Coe admitted his own guilt.

Well, if he admitted it, then I say

it was your sworn, solemn duty to hold him for trial!

Now, why didn't you do it? Why?

Would've been his word against mine.

Theo could not have been counted on to back me up.

If you'd tried to take him, he might've resisted

and you could've shot him.

But Theo was holding a gun!

She was in a very, highly emotional state.

Now, if I'd tried to take him

she might've turned that gun on me, Mr. Mayor.

That was very selfish reasoning!

Very selfish indeed!

For two cents, I'd asked you to turn in that badge!

But...

Well, Mr. Mayor, save your money. I resign.

Resign? What do you mean, resign?

You can't resign!

Maverick!

Maverick, stop!

Maverick!

Stop, I say.

Mr. Mayor, I've said everything I'm gonna say.

You made a bargain and by Godfrey...

- ...you're gonna keep it! - I don't.

Now, if you want to spend the next six weeks in jail

you...

Will you look at that gun?

It's a buntline special.

Like the one they presented to Wyatt Earp.

Wyatt Earp?

Oh, no! No, he isn't due for weeks.

- How do you do, sir-- - Yes, sir, I-I'm Mayor Oliver.

Are you the dist... uh...

The, the, the...

The-the famous, uh...

Could it be that you're Mr. Wyatt Earp?

Some folks like to call me that.

You are!

Yes! Welcome! Welcome, Mr. Earp!

You don't know how welcome you are, sir.

Wyatt Earp. Why, it's providential!

It's unbelievable and so soon!

We didn't expect you for-for-for weeks.

Well, I wound up my cattle deal

a lot sooner than I thought I would.

Uh, you must be the retiring Marshal Heck Thomas.

Kinda young to be retiring, aren't you, Marshal?

Mr. Earp, that's the only thing that's been on my mind

ever since they, uh, gave me the job

but I'm not Heck Thomas.

His name is Maverick, he's only temporary.

Uh, Heck Thomas was shot in the back three days ago.

He was?

Shot in the back you say, huh?

Uh, driver, hold that bag please.

Uh, but Maverick gunned down the man that killed him.

Oh, he did? Well, my compliments, Mr. Maverick.

I like to hear things like that.

Alright, driver, you can drop it now.

Billy Coe's the real devil around here.

He's a ruthless killer.

He's organizing a gang to take over the town.

- A ruthless killer, huh? - Yes, sir.

Maverick, men like you are few and far between.

I won't hear of you retiring.

I here now appoint you as my deputy.

Now, just a minute, Mr. Earp. You see, I--

Don't thank me, you deserve the honor.

Uh, supposing I refuse?

Suppose you try, Mr. Maverick.

Come in, the door is open.

Deputy, I'd like to have a word.

I thought we had settled all this, Maverick.

Uh... Now, Mr. Earp, I know

you wouldn't draw on somebody who wouldn't draw on you

and I won't

but just as soon as I can sell my horse

I intend to be on the first stage

outta town in the morning.

Aren't you forgettin' our little business

with Billy Coe and his gang?

Well, that's not little business, Mr. Marshal

and it's certainly none of mine.

My ol' pappy once told me

"Son, if you don't get while the getting's good

you're gonna get got." Uh...

Your badge is right there on the dresser, sir.

Self-preservation.

What sins we frail mortals commit in thy name.

Uh...

Well, Mr. Earp, see that's the first law of nature.

Ah, it is! No disgrace in that

Maverick, none whatsoever.

There's a little...

- Chicken in all of us. - Chi...

Uh, I've never confessed this before

but in the shootout at the O.K. Corral

I was so scared of them Klentons

I actually wanted my mother.

Your mother?!

That's what you think about in such times

mothers and children and making the town safe

for them to live in.

Men like the Coes and Klentons, they're beasts, Maverick.

Preyin' on defenseless lambs

and somebody's gotta stand up to them.

- Yeah. - And as usual...

I guess it's just gonna be me.

Uh, yes, sir. Well, uh...

Why don't you just call in some of your other deputies?

- Who? - Well, Virg and Morg!

Holdin' down Tombstone.

- Masterson. - Busy, Virginia City.

Eh, well, Doc Holliday, he's--

Doc Holliday. You know you never know

where to find little old Doc Holliday, no.

I reckon I'll just have to go it alone.

Tsk, well...

I've done it before.

I guess I can do it again.

- Maybe. - Uh...

Maybe...

Yeah, well, I, uh...

Alright, alright, give me back the badge.

Now, I know this is a hustle.

If we don't protect the lambs

we'll never get a chance to fleece the sheep.

Now, you're my kind of man, Maverick.

I know you'll look at it that way.

I just knew it all... Oh-oh...

Well, well, now, speaking of sheeps

say I wonder if you'd give me a loan of a...

...little poker money.

Mine hasn't caught up with me yet.

Uh, Mr. Earp, I... My money got away from me.

Well well, well, what-what-what do we have here?

See, that's my $20 gold piece. That's a keepsake.

- And it's-- - Twenty-dollar gold piece!

Well, with my $20

I reckon that we're in business.

Now, wait a minute, Mr. Earp.

- You see, that's my keepsake-- - We're full partners, my boy.

- Yeah, but I don't-- - Half the winnings are yours.

He's a fast man.

Uh, what was that bet, sir?

Uh, the bet is $50, sir.

Are you calling or folding, Mr. Earp?

Call.

What do you have, sir?

Ten high.

Jack high. Brilliant!

I guess this is just my lucky seat.

Well, honey, we're just gonna have

to paint your name on it, Mr. Earp.

Tsk, that's mighty decent of you, ma'am.

Is it ma'am or, uh, is it may be miss?

Oh, it's miss.

Ms. Theodora Rush.

Well, now, that does make it nice

doesn't it, Ms. Theodora Rush?

[Bart] Marshal.

The last man to use that chair was the late Heck Thomas.

[Wyatt] Uh, don't worry about that, Maverick.

I've got eyes at the back of my head.

You open, Wyatt?

Twenty dollars.

Well, uh, 20 and 20 more.

[Oliver] I fold.

Uh, not me.

[Oliver] Cards, gentlemen.

I'll take the lid.

Eh, two.

One hundred dollars, gentlemen.

Uh, without me, Marshal.

My heart just won't stand it.

Young man's got his heart in his mouth, hasn't he?

Yes! Yes, he does!

Now, back to "Maverick."

[Wyatt] Goodnight, gentlemen.

- Game over? - I am.

Marshal, that, uh...

...gold piece is a keepsake.

- My old pappy gave it to me-- - Your gold piece.

Plus $422.

Four hundred and twenty two dollars?

Your 50% of the winnings, partner.

Marshal, with your luck running like that

you should've stayed with the game.

Eh, no.

They'll run plum outta money.

Yeah, well, I, uh... I guess we better make the rounds.

Oh, yeah, that's why I come out here. I...

Just thought I'd stretch my legs a little.

Mighty peaceable, isn't it?

Yeah.

A little too peaceful.

You know, Maverick, you've got the makings

of a very fine law man.

Of course all you need is a little experience.

I guess you're worrying about me, huh, partner?

Well, don't.

I ain't no glory grabber.

If Coe does come...

...I won't hog him.

I knew you'd be relieved.

Well, Marshal, we better take a look around the back.

Yeah, good idea.

You look around the back and I'll...

...check across the street.

Yeah.

O-o-oh, this...

Oh, this gun-down gunner... I get so sick of this cannon!

Can't get it out of this holster.

Maybe this will work now.

Ow-ow! Oh!

[Billy] Hold it there, Earp!

My name is Coe!

Billy Coe!

Billy Coe?

Maverick!

Keep your deputy outta this!

Let's just make this you and me!

I-I promised him...

...first crack.

Top man first!

Draw, Wyatt!

No, hold it! My-my-my gun isn't...

I-I said hold it!

I-I can't keep my... Oh!

Oh, I, uh...

[Bart] I'm backing you up, Wyatt!

Amazing!

Cover me, Wyatt!

Move out!

That was nice shooting, Wyatt.

You knocked the hat right off the top of my head.

Oh, that Wyatt Earp...

If hadn't seen it comin', I never could've ducked it.

Seemed to shoot kinda high.

Well, I'm not complainin', partner.

Who is he, anyway?

Well, that's Pinto Kid.

He could've killed us

and we wouldn't have known what was going on.

Wonder, who got him.

Alright, now...

...who could've shot him anyway, ah?

Who? Who shot him?!

Well, that's funny, you asking that.

Yeah, I'm asking who shot him?

Oh, you did, you know you did.

Me?

I mean, uh, I do. Did.

Modest as he is brave!

And that was no lie about having eyes

at the back of his head either.

Ladies and gentlemen, with my own eyes

I saw Wyatt Earp shoot down the Pinto Kid

without even aiming.

And with Maverick here caught betwixt

so close to the line of fire

that the bullet took his hat right off.

I tell you, I call that shooting!

Well, Wyatt, why didn't you tell me?

Well, you were so busy fighting and, uh...

You're modest. I told you, just blushing modest!

Well, now, looks like somebody's gonna have to

buy Deputy Marshal Maverick here a new hat.

Mr. Maverick, it'll be my pleasure.

No, no, I think the mayor ought to

buy Maverick a new hat.

And I'm gonna buy drinks all round

in honor of the best marshal whoever backed up a town!

Come on, everybody!

- Eh... - Uh...

He draws ten side straights and makes 'em!

I don't know...

And the mayor...

The mayor keeps yelling for Wyatt

to send for his deputies.

And that ain't all!

I'm tell you, Billy, Theo's in love with him!

With a lawman?

You're loco.

Theo wants the town as bad as we do.

- Billy. - Keno.

- Did you find the herds? - Just a mile back.

That close, huh?

They're Waverly, hardly any winner.

Well, with the three boys we got riding in...

...we're ready to move on Wednesday.

- Wednesday? - In the morning.

I'll PTO right in ahead.

He'll take care of Earp.

And you and Theo are gonna help him.

- How? - Like I tell you how.

But I tell you, Billy, you can't trust Theo.

But you're gonna tell her I trust her.

And you're gonna tell her that if I find out I'm wrong...

And Billy says if he find out he's wrong

he'll bore a little hole right between your eyes.

Well, what would Billy like me to do?

Just invite Earp in here for breakfast this morning.

It'll be his last one.

You won't have to worry about anything more than that.

Well, that, Billy Coe...

He's just getting clever and clever

all the time, ain't he?

Oh, he's been pretty smart on this one.

Well, good morning, Ms. Theodora!

I was wondering if you'd join me downstairs

for a cup of coffee.

- Ooh, what do we have here? - Uh, coffee.

Uh, I just brought it up! It's nice and hot, Marshal.

Oh, excellent! Uh, may I join you?

Well, of course, Wyatt, it'd be my pleasure.

Uh, I'll make sure you're not disturbed Marshal.

Yeah, please do that.

Ms. Theodora.

May I propose that we set ourselves upon the couch?

Oh, of course, Wyatt.

During a sleepless night...

...I determined there's something I gotta tell you.

Oh, Well, Wyatt, that can wait.

There's something a great deal more important

and urgent that I must tell you.

More important than us?

Uh, well, as matter of fact, it's a matter of life...

Wyatt!

My love, my angel, my wild cat...

You've got to get out. You've gotta get out!

[Wyatt] You care!

- You care, I know you care! - Oh!

- Wyatt! - Oh, now...

Don't fight it, my love, my sweet.

- Wyatt, you've gotta get out! - No...

...no need to fight it, my sweet...

- My sweet, my love... - Oh!

They are trying to kill you!

Billy Coe and his gang, they're taking over the town!

Billy Coe and his gang...

Maverick!

Maverick!

Maverick!

Maverick!

Everyone, listen!

Billy Coe is coming!

Get the firearms!

Everybody, get your firearms!

Billy Coe is coming! Come back!

Come back!

Theo's double-crossed us.

Tell Keno and the others to hold off.

[Wyatt] incoming!

[Wyatt] Come back here. Come back!

Maverick!

What is it, Wyatt? What is it?

Billy Coe is coming! Billy Coe is coming--

- ...supposed to get here? - Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh...

[Wyatt] Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, Oh, oh, oh...

Maverick!

Amazing!

Earp!

[Theo] Wyatt!

Huh...

I'm calling you out, Earp!

Head on, just you and me! 3 o'clock sharp!

And I'm gonna give you back your gun!

A bullet and a time!

And the last one for your girlfriend!

Hup!

Oh, Wyatt!

Oh, Mr. Earp.

I never saw such a whirlwind!

Such a man for ducking the sickle of death!

Well, folks, the real hero of this battle

wasn't Wyatt Earp.

No, sir, it was, Bart Maverick, here.

Appears we owe him another new hat.

You keep this up, Wyatt, and it'll be a new head.

Yeah he was everywhere.

Covering me from every angle.

No reward is too great, no praise too high.

I'm telling you friends, much as I hunger and ache

to take up the challenge

that Billy Coe flung down at me

I think the honor ought to go to...

Now, you know it, Wyatt.

Billy Coe chose you.

I-I know, but...

...he took my gun, my buntline special.

You're gonna get that gun back!

I will?

At 3 o'clock.

Well...

Now, back to "Maverick."

You see that gun's balance just isn't the same

as that ol' buntline special of mine.

Wyatt, I, uh...

I know you face dozens of men in shootouts

and I know you cleaned up Dodge City, but, uh...

...how?

How do you think? With a broom.

Well, I think you'd do better with the broom

than you will with that gun.

Now, you listen to me, Deputy Marshal Maverick.

When I was shooting it out in Dodge City, I...

I...

I... I'll see you later, Maverick.

Going somewhere, mister?

Eh, just who do you think you are?

Ask him.

Wyatt Earp.

Dog-goner, Mr. Earp.

Why couldn't you stay away

as long as you were supposed to?

When I hear about some two-bit, tin horn, bun starter

going around passing himself off as me?!

I knew there was something cock-eyed about him, but...

Oh sweet Mortimer's mustache.

I brought no shame to your name, Mr. Earp.

Did I, Maverick?

Somehow or another, he didn't, Mr. Earp.

In case you're wondering

what happened to your buntline special

the one I borrowed from you, Mr. Earp...

- Well, where is it? - Uh... Billy Coe...

He ran away with it...

...sort of.

Something funny about that, Maverick?

Eh... Well, in a way, Mr. Earp.

You see, uh, Billy Coe did steal a gun

but he promised to return it.

Matter of fact, he's coming back to town

at exactly 3 o'clock this afternoon

for a stand-up shoot out with...

Uh... Eh...

With Wyatt Earp.

No...

I ought to let him kill you!

And then arrest him for your murder!

Maverick...

You almost got me twice!

I don't even know why I'm feeling sorry you!

Now, who are you?

How did you get into such a fool thing anyway?

Yeah! Who in blazes are you?

My name is Archibald Walker.

Doesn't mean anything to either one of you, does it?

- Is it supposed to? - Well, no.

But you've seen me and you've talked to me.

I was a bartender at Laramie.

I stood right in front of you when you wrote your telegram

saying that you couldn't make it here

in less than six weeks.

Oh, you don't remember.

I can't remember every Tom Dick and Harry.

Tom, Dick, and Harry and Archie.

Nobody ever does.

Bet if somebody took my picture

nothing will show up on the plate.

Well, what made you pick on me?

Because you're somebody, Mr. Earp.

Folks fear you.

They love you.

They respect you.

And they remember you.

And you feel it and you know it.

I tried to steal some of that.

Just six weeks.

Pulled it off too.

Even got a pretty girl to fall in love with me.

Yeah, the prettiest one in town.

Hmm, borrowed my personality for your romances, huh?

Oh, no, no, just to know that I was alive.

Just a little while.

In this little time, I've lived more than...

...more than my whole life as Archibald Walker.

And jeopardized the life of this town.

And that of your own deputy to do it.

And what about mine?

I don't know.

Mr. Earp, when I was you...

...I seemed to know all the answers.

I did!

But now, it's...

Yeah, well...

...the answer to this one is that I got a 50-50 chance

of becoming a corpse at 3 o'clock.

"Cause you wanted to live a little.'

I'll take Billy Coe.

You'll what?

Why, you couldn't hit Billy Coe's grandmother

if you aimed at the moon and tripped.

You're not taking anything but the first stage outta here.

There's one leaving at 2:45 this afternoon, Mr. Earp.

Good, good. Well, see that he's on it.

Yes, sir.

But-but not before he gets rid of those sideburns and...

...has that mustache trimmed.

Look, you...

You try being me one more time

and I'll put so many holes in you

you won't know where to bleed first.

Uh, he's off to the barbershop, sir.

Who is it?

It's Wya...

It's me, Ms. Theodora.

Oh, Wyatt!

Just a minute, honey! I'll be right there!

It's for you, Wyatt.

Do you like it?

Yes, Ms. Theodora, I like it very much.

What's the matter, honey? Is something wrong?

I regret it more than anything I've ever done in my life.

Ms. Theodora.

I'm not Wyatt Earp.

My name is Archibald Walker.

Archibald Walker?

Why're you posing as Wyatt Earp?

Well... that's something I only hope I can explain.

May I come in, please?

Oh, well, of course you can, honey. Come right in.

You see, as myself

I'm nothing.

I'm the epitome of a cypher.

The hole in the donut.

Oh, no, Wyatt.

You're the most...

Wyatt.

You see?

You've forgotten my name already.

Right back where I started from.

Tsk, a drop in the bucket.

Bristle in a shaving brush.

I'm leaving town, Ms. Theodora.

Are you gonna leave me here for Billy Coe?

Are you?

There's nothing I can do.

I-I have to, Ms. Theodora.

- Well? - I told her.

Good.

Go get your hair cut.

Sit right down, Mr. Earp sir!

I am not Wyatt Earp.

Yeah, and I'm not Elkins, the barber.

Just a minute, Mr. Elkins.

You better pay attention to the gentleman

because he is not Wyatt Earp.

If you breathe a word of that to

a living soul before he leaves town

it's liable to be your last breath.

I'm gonna pick up your suit and that ticket.

Hey, you looking to get your head blown off?

- Doc! - Maverick!

- Whew! - What are you doing in town?

And what are you doing in town, Doc?

And what is this "marshal"?

Eh, well, that is a long story, Doctor.

- Uh... - Say how long ya gonna be here?

Oh, just long enough to get a shave and a bath

and catch the same, uh, stage that brought me here.

[Bart] Well, it's too bad, we could have played a few hands.

[Doc] Yes.

Doc, I got some work to take care of.

- I'll see you later. - Bart Bart.

You've always been a friend in need, correct?

- Yeah... - Well...

Now, there's a young lady, uh

following me on the next stage, name of Cathy Jones.

Pretty young thing, I'll wager.

- Oh, yes-- - The problem?

A few. You see, I feel at this point

I'm just a little bit too young to get married.

So, I wonder if you'd indicate to her

that I've exited to the other side of town.

- I see. - Mmm.

Well, anything for a friend.

Doc, I've got to take care of things. I'll see you later.

Mmm.

Got a bath in the back?

Well, y-yes, sir, plenty of hot water

and spanking clean towels.

Yes, sir.

Chair better be empty when I return.

Oh, it will be, Doctor. Yes, sir, it...

Ooh! That man sure has got himself a temper.

[Theo] Are you gonna leave me here for Billy Coe?

Are you?

[Archie] There's nothing I can do.

Hey, barber.

When you get down to the mustache...

...will you trim it kinda close?

You know...

...like Doc Holliday.

Now, back to "Maverick."

- Hey, Billy. - What?

Doc Holliday is in town.

He'll be backing Earp's play.

Wyatt! Wyatt Earp, he's here!

Billy Coe, he's here!

- He's here! Get out! - Ah!

- He's here! - Move on, quick!

[Oliver] Wyatt! Wyatt Earp?

Billy Coe is here.

Wyatt! Wyatt Earp?

Billy Coe is here.

Billy Coe is here.

Wyatt! Wyatt Earp!

Billy Coe... Billy Coe is here.

Wyatt. Wyatt Earp.

[Oliver] Wyatt Earp! Billy Coe is here.

Wyatt Earp! Billy Coe is here.

Wyatt! Wyatt Earp.

- Billy-- - Sir.

- You're yelling for me? - You?

Don't be silly. Wyatt!

Wyatt Earp! Billy Coe is here.

Doc, what?... Oh, it's you again!

Inside, Earp, unless you're prepared to have

ya head blown off.

Oh...

My quarrel's with Earp, Holliday, not you!

I handle all of Wyatt's small fights, Coe.

[Bart] No, wait!

Theo... Why don't you do something to stop Arch?

- He's gonna get himself killed. - How?

Now, the bubblehead's decided he's Doc Holliday

and he's walking toward Billy Coe this minute.

Oh, but, Maverick, he can't! I love him!

Well, you decide which one you love. I better go.

Anytime you're ready, big man!

Amazing! Simply amazing!

Oh!

Oh...

- Wyatt, it's all over. - Oh, he got me.

No, you got him. Look.

Oh, honey! You wonderful, wonderful man, you!

Doctor Holliday, you are...

Why, it's you, Marshal Earp. I should've known.

Never in this town, this day, this country

was there ever the equal to Wyatt Earp.

No, no, no. Once again, we owe much to Mr. Maverick here.

If he hadn't gotten this man... Oh, thank you.

...I never would've gotten Coe.

Yeah, I seem to recognize this technique.

That's the trick shot you taught me.

I know. It is mine, Wyatt Earp's.

You see, I'm, uh...

You're who?

If I ever hear of you going about the country

impersonating me again, I shall--

Doc, honey.

If he hadn't, you'd have never missed the stage.

He brought us together again.

- That's exactly what I mean. - Now, you stop bullying him!

He's a better man than you are.

No, no, no, don't say that. No, hon not. No, I'm nothing.

Honey, I'm just, I'm just a hole in the donut.

Now, listen, Doc, why don't you just simmer down?

And I admit that Archie may have his faults

but the stage is ready to leave!

But turning this lizard free

is like doubling the population of the whole country.

Oh, no, it isn't. I-I mean, I-I won't.

I'll-I'll never do this again

as long as I live, Dr. Holliday.

I'm cured, I-I'm absolutely cured.

Yeah that's what you told me, you quick-change artist.

Now, get.

Bart.

I don't know how many times you've saved my life...

...how many times to thank you.

Now, you just be yourself, Archie, you remember that.

I will, never mind. I will, alright.

Ms. Theodora.

Goodbye, Wyatt.

No, I mean, Doc darling.

I mean, Archie!

[Archie] You don't hate me?

Hate you?

Oh, what for?

For loving me?

For risking your life for me?

For being the only man in my whole life

who ever called me Ms. Theodora?

Oh, Archie, you write to me and you tell me where you are.

And I'm gonna sell the place

and as soon as I can, I'll be right there!

You write to me...

...you wait for me.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Hiya!

Remember, Archie, you be yourself!

Well, gentlemen, now that that's over

I have the cards if you have the inclination.

Oh, no, it can't be.

[Tom] Ah, my name's Golden, Tom Golden.

This is Clam Adams.

Uh, what do we call you, sir?

Maverick, sir.

Bart Maverick.

And, uh...

...how would you gentlemen feel about a little game of poker?

♪ Who is 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 the 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 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 ♪♪