Maverick (TV Series)
A Cure for Johnny Rain (1959)
Thomas Browne Henry: Mayor Pembroke H. Hadley
Quotes
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Bret Maverick : Suppose we try to get that forty-five thousand dollars back. Ought a be around somewhere.
Mayor Pembroke H. Hadley : It may be. You think you could find it?
Bret Maverick : Well, I can try... for a consideration. Shall we say, fifty percent of what I recover?
Mayor Pembroke H. Hadley : One-tenth would be a considerable amount of money.
Bret Maverick : As my old Pappy used to say, "Gentlemen don't haggle over money," so let's don't haggle. Shall we say twenty-five percent?
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Bret Maverick : Well, you're not making me sheriff?
Mayor Pembroke H. Hadley : You got something against it?
Bret Maverick : Well, naturally, I'm on the side of the law, as a rule. But authority has a tendency to weigh me down.
Mayor Pembroke H. Hadley : How does bein' a deputy affect your weight?
Bret Maverick : It's less of a burden, I might be able to bear up under that.