Maverick (TV Series)
Duel at Sundown (1959)
James Garner: Bret Maverick
Photos
Quotes
-
Carrie Christianson : I'll bet he told you not to gamble.
Bret Maverick : When I was 6 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 is 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."
-
[last lines]
John Wesley Hardin : Is that the town where John Wesley Hardin was shot?
Bart Maverick : News travels fast.
John Wesley Hardin : Who done it?
Bret Maverick : A fella by the name of Bret Maverick.
John Wesley Hardin : Must be fast on the draw.
Bart Maverick : [chuckles] Like lightning.
John Wesley Hardin : I'm hankering to meet up with him.
Bret Maverick : You are?
John Wesley Hardin : Yeah. To prove that lightning never strikes twice in the same place. I am John Wesley Hardin.
Bret Maverick : That's the way to Sundown, all right. Right down there.
John Wesley Hardin : Yeah.
-
Carrie Christianson : 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.
Bret Maverick : If he'd been expecting it I don't think I'd have hit him.
Carrie Christianson : I heard about it from half a dozen people. Some of them not even friends of Red's.
[Sucker-punches Maverick in stomach]
Carrie Christianson : And that's the way you did it, isn't it?
Bret Maverick : That's not how it happened. You hit harder and I used my left.
Carrie Christianson : Without any warning, he didn't even have a chance.
Bret Maverick : After I got rid of his gun, he didn't.
Carrie Christianson : 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.
Bret Maverick : How big a county is this?
Carrie Christianson : Get a horse and find out. Take my pinto.
Bret Maverick : You aren't worried about me, are you Carrie?
Carrie Christianson : You happen to be a friend of my father's and I don't want my future husband killing you.
Bret Maverick : Oh thanks. The trouble is, I can't leave.
Carrie Christianson : Why not?
Bret Maverick : Well I'm involved in a big business deal. Lot of money involved.
Carrie Christianson : Oh, you put money ahead of everything, don't you?
Bret Maverick : No. Well, there's breathing.
-
Bret Maverick : Now that's not worthy of you, Bart. Your own brother's life was hanging in the balance, and all you're thinking about is $500.
Bart Maverick : No, Bret, that's not all I'm thinking about.
Bret Maverick : No, you're thinking about my five hundred, too.