Maverick (TV Series)

A Flock of Trouble (1960)

James Garner: Bret Maverick

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Quotes 

• Bret Maverick : I never could stand the sight of blood. Especially mine!

• [first lines] 

  Bret Maverick : It's your bet, I believe, Mr. Coley.

  [Coley takes off his gun-belt and puts it in the pot] 

  Big Coley : The only thing left that shines, Mr. Maverick.

  Bret Maverick : Well, I'll accept that, and I'll call.

  [Maverick takes off his gun-belt and adds it to the pot] 

  Big Coley : Three little ladies on an errand of mercy.

  Bret Maverick : And three wise men to show 'em the way.

• Verne Scott : To Mr. Maverick, who will find that lightning can strike twice in the same place.

  Bret Maverick : That's just what my pappy said as he looked down in my brother Bart's cradle.

• [last lines] 

  Bret Maverick : Lady, you got yourself a deal. Where do I sign the papers?

  Dee Cooper : Well, I've got a pen and paper back at the ranch. And an easy-talking fella gave me a dress that I'd just love to wear to dinner with him.

  Bret Maverick : Lady, did I ever tell you the story about the Traveling Sheepherder?

  Dee Cooper : No.

• Bret Maverick : How much ammunition we got?

  Jensen : Well, one box a shells for three guns... and them knives.

  [picks up metal skillet] 

  Bret Maverick : What's that for?

  Jensen : Infightin'. Ain't you never been married?

  Bret Maverick : No.

  [cattlemen open fire] 

  Bret Maverick : And it looks like a pleasure I'm gonna miss.

• Big Coley : Then we've got a deal?

  Big Coley : All right.

  Big Coley : Good. I'll sign it. And you'll keep quiet about this?

  Bret Maverick : Quiet? Like a fly walkin' on a fresh peach.

• Verne Scott : All right, dude, you gonna hide behind a woman's skirts?

  Bret Maverick : Anytime, if she was wearin' skirts.

• Jensen : We licked 'em today, we can lick 'em tomorrow.

  Bret Maverick : Without gunpowder?

  Jensen : Well, there's plenty a rocks up there, and we got our hands.

  Bret Maverick : And weak stomachs. I never could stand the sight of blood, especially mine.

• Cain : Stranger in town?

  Bret Maverick : So far.

  Cain : Ain't much, uh, room around here for rollin' stones.

  Bret Maverick : Not even if they don't gather any moss?

• Jensen : Traffic around here is busier 'an a rabbit in love.

  Bret Maverick : That's the kinda traffic we like, Pop. That's the money comin'.