Maverick (TV Series)

The Naked Gallows (1957)

Jack Kelly: Bart Maverick

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Quotes 

• [Virginia offers Bart a glass of whiskey] 

  Virginia Cory : Mr. Maverick?

  Bart Maverick : Uh, no, thanks. I've got so many vices, I've decided to pass that one up.

• Virginia Cory : You make it sound like you don't believe Clete Overton killed him. Is that your opinion?

  Bart Maverick : I haven't got an opinion. I'm looking for one.

• Tyler Brink : There's two hundred men in this town, they all own shirts. How'd you know that lantern smoke would be on mine?

  Bart Maverick : [chuckles]  Don't lose any sleep over it... When a man's dealing cards to me, I watch his hands pretty close... the way I watched your hands at the blackjack table. Last night, those hands stood out on that lantern like shoes on a snake.

• Annie Haines : You have real nice shoulders.

  Bart Maverick : I use 'em to hold up my shirts.

• Joshua Haines : Is my daughter with you, sir?

  Bart Maverick : Annie? What would she be doing in here?

  Joshua Haines : You're a man, tall and well favored with an easy grace. Such are the tools of Satan to entice a wayward child into the path of sin.

  Bart Maverick : I'm sorry, but the path of sin doesn't come through here. You'd better try next door.

• Bart Maverick : I think you're right about the killer still being in Bent Spur. In fact, I'm sure of it. I've already been told to stop asking questions and move out of town.

  Ruth : Who told you that?

  Bart Maverick : Oh, a man with a gun and a careless boot. He didn't give me his name, although I can think of a few that would fit.

• [last lines] 

  Sheriff Barney Fillmore : Maverick! Long as you're heading south, figured you might like some company. That is if you don't mind associating with an ex-sheriff.

  Bart Maverick : An ex-sheriff?

  Sheriff Barney Fillmore : When a town does something it's ashamed of it usually ends up blaming the authorities. Figured I'd leave before that had happened.

  Bart Maverick : That's not the only reason, is it, Fillmore? I saw the way you looked at Clete when Ruth ran into his arms. Any chance you had with her ended when Haines confessed.

  Sheriff Barney Fillmore : I gave you a reason, Maverick. It's the only reason you'll get.

  Bart Maverick : Fair enough, sheriff. Let's ride.