Maverick (TV Series)

Maverick Springs (1959)

James Garner: Bret Maverick

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• Bart Maverick : Lovely country you have here, Colonel.

  Bret Maverick : Uh, this is the first time I've seen the Professor since he was run outta Abilene for running a shell game.

  Bart Maverick : And he hasn't changed. He was almost thrown off the train for dealing marked cards.

  Bret Maverick : Well, as our dear old Pappy used to say, "If at first you don't succeed, try something else."

• Mark Dawson : No, I suppose, that from time to time each of us walks down temptation's path.

  Bret Maverick : Well, I've been known to run down it.

• Melanie Blake : Your ranch must be enormous, Colonel.

  Bret Maverick : Oh, I'd say from one end of the other as the crow flies... well, no, I shouldn't say that. I never found a crow that could fly that far.

• Bret Maverick : She's poison, Mr. Vandergriff.

  Bart Maverick : I'll do my own sampling, Col. Maverick.

• Bret Maverick : You think he's overdoing it?

  Bart Maverick : Trust me, Brother Bret. When I hire a crook, I hire the best.

• Mark Dawson : Bret, look, look... Commodore Vandergriff, Augustus Belmont, don't you think that maybe you went just a mite too far.

  Bret Maverick : Mark, my old Pappy used to say, "If you're gonna drop names, drop 'em hard."

• [last lines] 

  Bret Maverick : Just poison, Mr. Vandergriff, Just poison.

  Bart Maverick : You are so right, Colonel, sir.