Maverick (TV Series)

The Thirty-Ninth Star (1958)

Jack Kelly: Bart Maverick

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Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Bart Maverick : [narrating]  I enjoy a good Forth of July as much as any other fun-loving American boy. But when you're three days late for an appointment in Denver, Colorado...

• Judge Somervell : Well, you see, Mr. Maverick, the territory is the land of opportunity. When you decide to settle down with the rest of us, this is the place for it.

  Bart Maverick : I try not to think of that, sir. My old pappy used to say, work is all right for killing time, but it's a shaky way to make a living.

• Janet Kilmer : Tell me, who did you blame all your troubles on before I came along?

  Bart Maverick : Miss Kilmer, before you came along, I didn't know what trouble was.

• [last lines] 

  Janet Kilmer : I'm disappointed in you. You're the last person I'd ever expect to show such a shameless streak of decency.

  Bart Maverick : You don't have enough faith in me. I had it all figured out. If I'd sold the papers to those people, they would have burned the papers. And then burned me.

  Janet Kilmer : Well, just so the whole thing won't be a total loss, I'll let you buy my dinner.