James Garner credited as playing...
Bret Maverick
- [first lines]
- Bret Maverick: It's your bet, I believe, Mr. Coley.
- [Coley takes off his gun-belt and puts it in the pot]
- Big Coley: The only thing left that shines, Mr. Maverick.
- Bret Maverick: Well, I'll accept that, and I'll call.
- [Maverick takes off his gun-belt and adds it to the pot]
- Big Coley: Three little ladies on an errand of mercy.
- Bret Maverick: And three wise men to show 'em the way.
- Verne Scott: To Mr. Maverick, who will find that lightning can strike twice in the same place.
- Bret Maverick: That's just what my pappy said as he looked down in my brother Bart's cradle.
- [last lines]
- Bret Maverick: Lady, you got yourself a deal. Where do I sign the papers?
- Dee Cooper: Well, I've got a pen and paper back at the ranch. And an easy-talking fella gave me a dress that I'd just love to wear to dinner with him.
- Bret Maverick: Lady, did I ever tell you the story about the Traveling Sheepherder?
- Dee Cooper: No.
- Bret Maverick: How much ammunition we got?
- Jensen: Well, one box a shells for three guns... and them knives.
- [picks up metal skillet]
- Bret Maverick: What's that for?
- Jensen: Infightin'. Ain't you never been married?
- Bret Maverick: No.
- [cattlemen open fire]
- Bret Maverick: And it looks like a pleasure I'm gonna miss.
- Big Coley: Then we've got a deal?
- Big Coley: All right.
- Big Coley: Good. I'll sign it. And you'll keep quiet about this?
- Bret Maverick: Quiet? Like a fly walkin' on a fresh peach.
- Verne Scott: All right, dude, you gonna hide behind a woman's skirts?
- Bret Maverick: Anytime, if she was wearin' skirts.
- Jensen: We licked 'em today, we can lick 'em tomorrow.
- Bret Maverick: Without gunpowder?
- Jensen: Well, there's plenty a rocks up there, and we got our hands.
- Bret Maverick: And weak stomachs. I never could stand the sight of blood, especially mine.
- Cain: Stranger in town?
- Bret Maverick: So far.
- Cain: Ain't much, uh, room around here for rollin' stones.
- Bret Maverick: Not even if they don't gather any moss?
- Jensen: Traffic around here is busier 'an a rabbit in love.
- Bret Maverick: That's the kinda traffic we like, Pop. That's the money comin'.