Maverick (TV Series)

Maverick Springs (1959)

Jim Hayward: Bartender

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Bartender : Don't blame me, Mr. Peters.

  Sheriff Charley Peters : I'm out of town a week and the whole saloon disappears.

  Bartender : I know, it's kind a out of the ordinary, but, so was the fella who done it.

  Sheriff Charley Peters : Why, what happened?

  Bartender : Well, everything was going right peacefully the other night, except for a few friendly fist-fights, when this fella come in, got the house into a poker game that lasted till morning. The house lost.

  Sheriff Charley Peters : To put it mildly.

  Bartender : Fella even had the gall to auction off all the fixtures.

  Sheriff Charley Peters : Did he get any bids on you?

  Bartender : It wasn't my fault, Mr. Peters.

  Sheriff Charley Peters : Well, who is this man? Was anyone bright enough to get his name?

  Bartender : Calls himself Maverick. Bret Maverick.