Maverick (TV Series)
Rage for Vengeance (1958)
James Garner: Bret Maverick
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Quotes
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[first lines]
Sheriff : Finish your drink, mister. It's a long ride back to town... I didn't really believe it was you.
Bret Maverick : It's me, Sheriff.
Sheriff : Now that you've had your water, you can climb aboard your horse now.
Bret Maverick : Sheriff, I couldn't do that if my life depended on it.
Sheriff : You think it don't?
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Bret Maverick : Kind of a clumsy job. I guess I'll never make a good bank robber.
Sheriff : Not for the next twenty years, anyhow.
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Sanderson : Why, I'm surprised at you, Bret. You're no bluffer.
Bret Maverick : I could be, though. All I'm lacking is courage and an honest face.
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[Bret lights his cigar with counterfeit money]
Bret Maverick : Oh, I'm sorry. I've always wanted to light a cigar with a hundred dollar bill. The satisfaction's real, even if the bill isn't.
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Margaret Ross : Where do you usually sleep when the hotels are full.
Bret Maverick : In the livery stable. On a soft bed of fragrant hay.
Margaret Ross : Well?
Bret Maverick : That's when I don't have a fifth of a million dollars sleeping with me. And the town isn't full of drunken cowboys.
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Margaret Ross : Our friend in Denver was right about you. You're honest, decent... and a gentleman.
Bret Maverick : That last is the part that hurts.
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Bret Maverick : Well, to tell you the truth, I never indulge in anything stronger than coffee.
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[last lines]
Sheriff : You strong enough to ride now?
Bret Maverick : I guess so.
Sheriff : You better ride south.
[gives Bret his gun back and as Bret starts to leave]
Sheriff : Oh.
[pays Bret ten dollars for losing a bet]
Bret Maverick : Thank you, sheriff. Don't let the fire go out.
Sheriff : I won't.
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Bret Maverick : It's a long way to go when there's nobody to talk to.
Margaret Ross : You were talking.
Bret Maverick : Occasionally, I like to hear somebody talking back. I suppose I could carry on a conversation with the suitcase. Money talks.
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Margaret Ross : You're thoroughly enjoying yourself, aren't you, Mr. Maverick?
Bret Maverick : Mrs. Ross, I've enjoyed myself more on the short end of a fistfight.
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Bret Maverick : When you need help looking after your suitcase full of money, do you always pick a stranger?
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Bret Maverick : I said you killed her. You're also a liar and a coward.
John Grimes : So you're forcing a gunfight?
Bret Maverick : No. You're a killer, and a liar and a coward. You wanna get on your horse now, and leave, I won't stop you.
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Bret Maverick : Gentlemen, there are more important things than getting rich.