Maverick (TV Series)
Seed of Deception (1958)
James Garner: Bret Maverick
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Quotes
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Bret Maverick : I'm accepting your hospitality on one condition. That you're inviting Bret Maverick to eat with you.
Cecil Mason : Sure thing, Mr. Maverick.
Mrs. Pierce : Come on.
Grady Lester : Hey, I thought Mavericks was cattle.
Bret Maverick : Don't let that upset you, son. Back east, they got a whole state named Jersey.
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[Jim Mundy and his outlaw gang menacingly approach the Mavericks]
Bart Maverick : What'll we do?
Bret Maverick : Talk our way out.
Bart Maverick : Talk? That bunch doesn't look like they're hunting for conversation.
Bret Maverick : You want to shoot our way out?
Bart Maverick : Uh, let's talk.
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Bret Maverick : Is this the gun my brother pulled on Aikens?
Sheriff McPeters : That's the story. It's got quite a few notches on it.
Bret Maverick : There's room for another. Which one is Aikens?
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Sheriff McPeters : And he's got quite a reputation with a gun.
Bret Maverick : Sheriff, you'd be surprised how many men I know that have reputations with guns and no better than an ordinary cowhand.
Sheriff McPeters : Well, how good are you?
Bret Maverick : Well, I'm not too good, but then, I always like to think the next man's even worse.
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[Bret enters the room where Bart is recovering from Aiken's gunshot]
Bret Maverick : What would you do if that was Russ Aikens instead of me at the door?
Bart Maverick : Oh, the doctor left me a prescription.
[Bart draws a gun from beneath his blanket]
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Bret Maverick : I'm looking for Russ Aikens.
June Mundy : What makes you think he's in here?
Bret Maverick : Well, you're an attractive woman. He's a man.
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Bart Maverick : Bret, you're not planning anything old-fashioned, are you? You know, like, uh, getting revenge for an only brother?
Bret Maverick : I'm not mad at anybody. They didn't shoot me.
Bart Maverick : That's right. I certainly wouldn't do anything about it if it was the other way around.
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Bart Maverick : Bret, I wish it was you lyin' here instead of me.
Bret Maverick : That's my boy.
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Bret Maverick : Sheriff, you'd be surprised how many men I know that have reputations with guns and no better than an ordinary cowhand.
Sheriff McPeters : Well, how good are you?
Bret Maverick : Well, I'm not too good but then I always like to think the next man is even worse.
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Bret Maverick : So you got yourself shot?
Bart Maverick : That's the rumor.
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Jim Mundy : You gents want to see me?
Bret Maverick : No, no, live and let live is our way of thinkin'.
Jim Mundy : Good. You keep thinkin' like that, you might live long enough to see your grandchildren.