Maverick (TV Series)

Rage for Vengeance (1958)

James Garner: Bret Maverick

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Quotes 

• [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?

• 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.

• 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.

• [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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bret Maverick : Well, to tell you the truth, I never indulge in anything stronger than coffee.

• [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.

• 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.

• 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.

• Bret Maverick : When you need help looking after your suitcase full of money, do you always pick a stranger?

• 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.

• Bret Maverick : Gentlemen, there are more important things than getting rich.