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You're sure it was him?

- It's him, alright. - Alive?

So far, but he won't be by morning.

They've got him tied up in one of the teepees.

Well, then, let's get to it.

If we went down there now, we wouldn't have a chance.

Well, what if they kill him before morning?

Well, if you think you can make it alone

you just go ahead.

When do we go?

Tonight.

"Maverick."

Starring James Garner...

...produced by Warner Bros.

From the entertainment capital of the world...

...produced for television by Warner Bros.

He's on his way down now.

Bret, Bret Maverick!

Well, Samantha Crawford.

Oh, how nice to see you again!

I was thinking of you the other day.

How much did it cost me?

That's the nicest compliment I've ever had.

How long will you be staying in Kansas City?

Well, I was going to stay a week

but I think I'll take the afternoon train.

Oh, are you afraid of me, Bret?

No, no, not exactly.

It's just that, when I'm with you

I feel like I'm living through the last days of Pompeii.

Oh, how is brother Bart?

I think he'll get well, if I don't mention your name.

He's sweet.

I was going to ask you to take me to dinner. Will you?

Why?

Because I like you.

I feel at home with you, Bret.

If you weren't so beautiful, I'd refuse.

- 7 o'clock? - 7:00.

It's wonderful running into you again like this.

It'll be like old times.

I'll try not to hold the thought.

- May I? - Oh, please do.

No, thank you.

Tell me, Bret, what've you been doing lately?

Oh, this and that, here and there.

Oh, that sounds interesting.

Mm-hmm.

Why are you looking at me like that?

- I'm waiting. - What for?

Sam, you didn't just run into me this afternoon.

Oh, I didn't?

No.

I'm not staying at this hotel.

I came to see someone.

Oh, what does that prove?

You're not staying here either, I asked.

Well, don't you believe in coincidence?

Only for two other people.

Alright, Bret, I have been looking for you.

Look inside.

If you count it, you'll find $20,000.

Well, doesn't that surprise you?

Sam, finding the British crown jewels in your bag

wouldn't surprise me.

Do you recognize any names on this list?

If these men knew you were carrying their names around

in a bag with only $20,000, they'd feel hurt.

- Have you ever met any of them? - No, have you?

Well, indirectly. I watched them play poker.

Bret, each of them thinks

he's the world's greatest poker player.

But I know who is.

We're getting to the point now, aren't we?

The $20,000 is yours.

A stake in a poker game with these men.

You're staking me?

Well, why not?

One question.

Where'd you get the $20000?

I broke my piggy bank.

Bret, the money's mine, I came by it honestly.

Sam, you'll go far...

...because you believe every word you say.

I'm offering you a chance to make a lot of money.

These men play for high stakes.

But, believe me, they don't play like you do

they just think they do.

Are we partners?

What's the split?

Fifty percent of all you win, you keep.

I'm the only one that can lose.

What makes you think you can get these men in a poker game?

Vanity.

You're going to claim

to be the world's greatest poker player...

...and challenge them to prove that you're not.

Oh, they'll come running for the chance at your scalp.

They'll play.

And you're just as sure that I will.

Well won't you?

Vanity?

- Money. - Alright, Sam.

I feel like I'm looking into a bubbling volcano but...

...it's a deal.

As you said...

...you're the only one who can lose.

Now... when do you plan to invite these men?

Well I already have.

I sent the telegrams right before dinner.

What's the matter with you? You shouldn't be here.

I came up to see how things was.

Oh, things is just fine, Mr. Logan.

Now, please go before the others get here.

It's gonna be alright, ain't it?

Certainly, now go, please.

You seem pretty all-fired anxious to get rid of me.

Well, I was never more anxious in my life.

You're a fool, you could spoil everything.

I came up here to see that things ain't spoiled.

I don't trust nobody.

Do you want to back out, Mr. Logan?

No.

No.

But, you just remember, Miss Crawford...

...I'm not gonna be far away.

- I'm gonna be watching you. - Please do.

From a safe distance.

There's only one word for it, Sam... opulent.

Oh, well, we have to make an impression don't we, honey?

You will.

You just keep all that southern charm.

You're sweet.

- Uh, Sam? - Hmm?

You have told me everything, haven't you?

- Everything? - About the game.

Well, of course. What would I be hiding from you?

I don't know.

But there's a little voice inside me that keeps whispering

"This is Samantha Crawford, Bret.

Close all the doors and windows."

Aww.

Here's your $20,000.

It's all the money I have in the world.

I'm trusting you with it, Bret.

This game will be a matter of luck.

I know the way these men play poker.

Oh, you can outplay them.

When you're playing in a game with men

who are as good as you are

poker's no longer a game of skill.

You're gambling. I may be broke in an hour.

Hmm, we may be broke in an hour.

You Logan?

I'm Pritchard, that's Wells.

Well?

I, uh...

...I'm pleased to meet ya.

Sure, sure.

We're ready.

W-w-well, it can't be done now.

It's gotta be done a little later.

I want to get one thing straight.

Don't try anything funny.

You do what I told you, you'll get what I promised.

I got somebody else watching you, you understand?

Okay, Logan.

You're the boss.

They ought to be starting anytime now.

- Three hundred and fifty. - Three hundred and fifty huh?

I'm out.

I call, Mr. Maverick.

Kings over threes, Mr. Gilling.

Thank you.

And may I get you something, Mr. Gilling?

Three aces, if possible.

Oh, it's early yet, your luck might change.

Maybe.

I'll have 10,000 more, Miss Crawford, please.

Alright.

You're a skillful player, Mr. Maverick.

Well, it seems the skill is spread pretty well here.

Coming from you, that's quite a compliment.

Oh, I haven't had such bad luck since that St. Louis game.

Hmm, you didn't do too badly back there.

Uh, you better check my count.

Well, the way Mr. Maverick's playing

I don't think I'll have time.

Cards, Mr. Maverick?

These are good enough, Mr. LOCKRIDGE.

Mr. Tabor?

Two please.

You holding a kicker, Mr. Tabor?

I may make four-of-a-kind.

Just keep your seats and behave.

Put your hands flat on the table.

Don't nobody move.

Well, you just stay glued for five minutes.

First one pokes his head out the door

is gonna get it shot off.

Friends of yours, Mr. Maverick?

Hardly, Mr. Tabor.

Bret, be careful!

I'm sure you'll know

where to look for them, Mr. Maverick.

I hope you don't mean what I think you mean, Mr. LOCKRIDGE?

It was very neat and unexpected.

- Now wait a minute! - No, you wait a minute!

We were supposed to be the only ones

who knew where this game was being played.

- That's right... we were. - Well, Bret, I--

Almost $100,000 went out that door, Mr. Maverick.

I've lost more than that overnight

in a bad business deal.

But I've never looked so foolish!

You're judging me pretty fast, aren't you?

On the evidence, Mr. Maverick.

What evidence? Now you listen to me.

Mr. Maverick, you're a thief.

I repeat, sir, a thief.

But one with imagination.

What better way to steal $100,000?

And we can't prove a thing.

And so much safer than holding up a bank.

Alright, Maverick, it's over and done.

I'll charge it off to profit and loss.

A lesson learned.

But I'm sure my fellow sufferers

don't want the kind of publicity

a thing like this would make.

- No, we certainly don't! - Now, look!

I have an important business deal on the fire

and it won't help any if this comes out.

Exactly!

If you ever come to Colorado, Maverick... bring a shroud!

- Now Mr. Tabor, I had noth-- - Goodnight!

I've thrown a lot of weight in the Wyoming territory.

It can all come down on you if you touch your toes there.

You coming, gentlemen?

Let me have my two cents worth.

What Mr. Tabor and Mr. Fayette said

goes double for Texas.

I hope you didn't get any enjoyment

out of poker, Maverick.

You'll have a hard time finding a game

from here on in.

Let's have a talk, Sam.

Well, Bret, you don't think that I--

Who else?

Oh, I should've known.

I'm disappointed, Sam. This was pretty crude.

You're drawing conclusions too fast--

What do you think they did?

Now, look, Sam, these men are powerful.

They can do exactly what they said.

If I so much as show my face in their stamping ground

I've lived my whole life right then and there.

Do you really think I'd do something like this to you?

- It just happened! - Let me talk, Bret.

When I'm finished, you can do what you like

but let me talk!

Talk or lie?

Now, you listen to me a minute.

I like you very much, Sam.

It's fun trying to stay one step ahead of you.

But this is a blue-chip deal, beautiful

with my head for an ante.

Tabor and the others weren't joking

when they told me what to expect.

Gillings was right. The story'll get around.

I'll have to go to Hong Kong to find a game.

Now you talk.

Alright, Bret.

The 20,000 I gave you wasn't mine.

I guessed that. Now, I'm through guessing.

Try to tell me the truth even if it comes hard.

A man named Logan gave me the money

and asked me to set up the game.

Why you?

Because you wouldn't do it for him.

Do you know where he is?

He's here in the hotel.

Which room... you know?

Yes.

Even when I think I believe you, I know I'm wrong.

It's the truth, Bret.

Alright.

Let's go see Mr. Logan.

You do have your $1 000 bill, don't you?

- You want that too? - Oh, Bret.

Come on, Logan's room is just around the corner, 305.

He was playing it pretty close.

This is the only kind of calling card

your Mr. Logan would understand.

Alright, where is he?

Well, I don't know.

You're gonna take me to him.

How, Bret?

Oh, look, I knew nothing about the holdup

just about the card game.

Where'd you meet him?

Well, he came to me with the money.

Why'd he come to you?

I don't know.

Uh, he offered me ten percent of the profit

if I'd set up a poker game, and that sounded alright to me.

You must've known him well.

Oh, I didn't know anything about him.

Come on, Sam, where's he from?

What does he look like?

I don't know where he's from.

But, I'll know him again when I see him.

I want to know him when I see him.

Well, he's, uh, he's short, hmm, squat, like a frog.

Bret, I swear I knew nothing about the holdup.

It was Logan's idea?

Well, it had to be.

And he's long gone.

He's not in his hotel room.

He won't stay in Kansas City.

He'll get out.

He'll probably take the train.

Oh, no, he wouldn't go by train.

That's the last way he'd go.

It-it's too easy to get caught on a train.

- What are you doing? - I wanna ask some questions.

And I want you to stay where I can find you.

Well, you're not going to lock me in this room?

- Oh, I'm not? - Bret!

And don't try to jump out the window.

It's three floors down.

- Bret! - Goodnight, Sam!

Yes, Mr. Maverick?

Do you have a Mr. Logan staying here?

Uh, yes, sir.

- Room 305, but he checked out. - When?

Oh, not more than about 20 minutes ago.

Was he alone?

I really don't know, Mr. Maverick.

I didn't pay much attention.

Oh, never mind.

Are there any trains out tonight?

Uh, yes, sir.

In fact, there's one pulling out right now

but you couldn't catch that one.

I could try.

If you miss it, there's one tomorrow.

Now, for the next act of "Maverick..."

All aboard!

Well, just made it, huh?

On the last car.

Can I by a ticket from you?

Oh, yeah, where you headed for?

How far do you go?

- Twin Rocks, Wyoming. - Will that be enough?

Oh, yeah, that'll take you a might further.

A might further may be just the place.

I'm looking for someone, conductor, uh...

...that might be on this train.

- Oh, is that so? - Yeah.

A very pretty girl's traveling alone...

Blonde, about 23, 24

blue eyes, and, well...

I've been making this run for seven years.

I never seen anything like that.

No, I guess you haven't seen her.

You still got your watch.

What are we stopping for?

Pulling in to stock up on Wood.

Hiya, Sam.

Oh, well, imagine meeting you... way out here.

What am I supposed to say? "It's a small world?"

Isn't tiny.

But cozy.

I thought you'd be watching the station

back in Kansas City.

I was.

Well, if you didn't see me get on in Kansas City, how--

You told me.

When we were discussing Mr. Logan, you said

"No one would be obvious enough to take the train out of town."

Now, Sam... you never do the obvious.

Unless you want someone to believe you would.

Is that clear?

Much too much.

Trying to find you in Kansas City

would have been a hard job.

But, I knew you wanted to find Mr. Logan as much as I did

so I figured you'd go after him.

Well, Bret, I don't even know where he's from.

How would I know where to look for him?

You didn't board the train five miles out of town

so you could give me the slip

and find Mr. Logan yourself, did you?

Sometimes, I forget how clever you are.

Alright, Bret, I'll tell you the truth.

Please make it sound like a lie so I'll believe it.

Now, I told you, I knew nothing about the holdup.

Logan played me for a sucker, too.

You mean to tell me that you went into this deal

without knowing anything about him?

Mm, I checked a little.

He's from a small town in Wyoming.

I-I thought that would be the best place

to start asking questions.

Last night, Logan and two men

did exactly what you said they wouldn't do.

They took a train west.

Well, how was I to know?

Sometimes, I think, you think I forget how clever you are.

What does that mean?

You could be joining Logan for your cut.

Oh, Bret, you're so suspicious.

And without cause, too.

- Where you going? - I'm going for a walk.

Oh, stay with me, Samantha. I get lonely on trains.

Oh, Bret, I couldn't very well get off, could I?

The train's moving.

So it is, but you're Samantha Crawford.

The engineer's only a man.

Sorry to have to bring you into a place like this, Sam

but... as long as your supply of hairpins holds out

I can't trust the locks on hotel doors.

I hate to bring you into a place like this, Bret.

You just keep an eye on your purse, Samantha.

I want to talk to that bartender over there.

Excuse me.

Hello.

Hello.

Uh, w-would you join us?

- Well, I-- - Oh, please.

Uh, could I buy you a drink?

Look, maybe I better go--

Oh no, no, my sister doesn't mind.

Do you, Cynthia?

Oh, no, no.

Remember what mother told you, Brother Bret.

Somehow I always remember what pappy told me.

You two just come in town, huh?

Twenty minutes ago.

- Uh, what'll you have? - Beer.

Make it a double whiskey, I've got a cold.

And two glasses of...

Sherry.

Uh, how long have you worked here?

A year I guess, maybe more.

Well, then, you must've known a man named Logan?

He worked here.

Maybe I know lots of men.

Oh, you're pretty enough.

[Bret] It's quite true, Cynthia.

We're looking for Mr. Logan.

What for?

Well, he was engaged to my sister

and he left her waiting at the church.

You? You was engaged to him, the frog-face?

Uh, well, I loved the inner man.

You mean Logan went and left you?

Why, that dirty crumb!

- Then you knew him? - Knew him?

You know he done the same thing to me he done to your sister?

So, you ain't alone, honey.

You're a great comfort. He promised to marry you, too?

He sure did.

Tended bar here for a long time, then he left.

Said he was coming back with lots of money.

I could've done better than frog-face.

But he showed me $20,000 he had.

Where'd he get that money?

Mister, he was the original penny-pincher.

Do you know that he lived out in a room in the back

so he wouldn't have to pay rent?

Ate nothing but sourdough and beans three times a day.

Ha! You could've knocked me over with a feather

when he showed me that money.

He saved it.

Uh, so he showed you the money and uh...

...said he... gonna come back with a lot more?

That's right.

Oh, did he come back?

Well, he came back alright, a couple days ago.

Two days ago?

Yeah. And you know what he said?

What?

That he didn't have no money.

Not even the 20,000?

He told me he had $100,000.

So, I says, where is it?

A logical question. What'd he say?

Two men stole it.

And he was going out after 'em... huh.

He never had no 100,000.

If you ask me, even that 20 wasn't real.

Did he say where he was going?

I stopped listening.

Oh-oh, please, did he tell you?

Honey, when he comes back, you can have him.

- I can do better. - Yeah, well, I can't.

I mean, he's the only man I'll ever love.

That does beat all.

Now, now, where did he go?

Said something about Deadwood, I think.

You sure?

Yeah.

Then, he was coming back for me.

"Make a queen of me," he said.

Mister... he's a liar.

Uh, Deadwood, that's where he went?

Yeah.

Oh, come along, Cynthia.

The sooner we find Logan, the sooner

the kiddies will have their daddy back.

There ain't a good man in the whole world.

That was a fine thing to say.

- It was all in fun. - Well, have fun alone.

I'm through... tired.

- We've come a long way, Bret. - Well, not long enough.

- We're going after Logan. - Happy hunting.

Oh, no, you're forgetting one thing.

Logan, and maybe you, cost me my livelihood.

You know, I can't play solitaire in a bear cave

until I find him and get that money back.

You know, I am sorry about that.

Yeah, well, so am I.

And if it makes you feel any better

I don't think you had anything to do with the holdup.

Bret, you're losing faith in me!

Well, that girl told us that Logan had plans

to make big money before he left here.

Now, that doesn't clear you. But it helps.

Anyway, I'd feel better if, uh, there's just a little doubt.

And trusting you all the way

would take half the fun out of life.

Oh, I wonder what it would be like.

- What? - Being married to you.

- We couldn't afford it. - Oh.

That's what my pappy always said.

"Marriage is the only game of chance, that he knows of

where both people can lose."

Now, come on, we gotta get to Deadwood.

Logan's got a big jump on us.

- Howdy. - You got a room?

Hmm, I got a hotel full of them.

I'm looking for two friends.

Everybody's looking for a friend, mister.

Why do you want two?

Just don't get smart.

I wanna know if they're staying here.

Well, how do I know, what's their names?

Pritchard and Wells.

Uh-uh, not here.

Well, they gotta be here. I trailed them this far.

Look for yourself.

Well, maybe they used different names.

- Like what? - I don't know!

One of them was tall, mean-looking, had reddish hair.

The other one was short, like me.

The tall one was the one with the reddish hair.

Yeah, I remember them two.

They here?

Room seven.

I'll take a room.

Maybe the one next to it.

Number six.

Now, back to "Maverick..."

I told you I'd catch up with you.

The devil do you want?

Who are you?

Oh, excuse me.

You keep that gun pointed at me

and I'll take it away from you

and jam the bullets in your teeth.

That's better.

Now, what do you want?

I, uh... was looking for a couple of friends.

Friends?

I didn't mean to bust in on you.

Well, then bust right out.

Alright, mister. I got some questions to ask you.

I, uh... just made a mistake, that's all.

Maybe you made a bigger mistake than you thought.

I was told you'd come here looking for two men. Why?

They was old friends of mine.

One of them ain't gonna get any older, mister.

He's dead.

Which one?

Which one would you like to be dead?

Well, I ain't killed nobody.

I just came looking for Pritchard and Wells.

You still ain't told me why.

I don't guess I have to.

Like I said, I haven't killed anybody.

Ain't no law against somebody looking for a man, is there?

I guess not.

Only I want to know why one of them killed the other.

Was Pritchard the big man?

Yeah.

Why'd he kill Wells?

I don't know, maybe they had a fight.

Maybe.

You plannin' on staying in town?

No, I'm just passing through.

That's fine. Take your time, take an hour.

Sheriff?

Did you catch up with Pritchard?

Nope.

Then, he's still loose.

- That depends. - Depends on what?

Me and my posse chased him as far as we wanted.

Maybe he didn't know it

but he headed right into Sioux country.

And the Sioux are in a bad humor.

Looks like they're gonna save the territory

the price of a hanging.

You want to catch him pretty bad, don't you?

But I ain't gonna.

I ain't ever gonna.

Why?

Don't you know the country?

I do.

What do you mean?

I'm for hire, mister.

For a price.

- How much? - Five hundred dollars.

Two-fifty.

You don't want to catch up to him too bad, do you?

Alright, 500.

You'd have been better off

if you'd have said yes the first time.

I don't like to dicker.

The price has gone up.

It'll cost you a thousand now.

A-alright, alright.

When can we get started?

I'm packed.

And Sloan told me they was going up

the Kinnen trail into Sioux country.

Now, you might be able to find them, but I wouldn't advise it.

Well, that's probably the best advice we've had today thanks.

[Samantha] Couldn't you have waited dinner?

Leave it alone.

You can put them down now.

For what we've got to do

we're gonna have to trust each other...

...at least for a while.

[Bret] They've got him.

You sure it was him?

It's him alright.

Alive?

So far, but he won't be by morning.

They've got him tied up in one of the teepees.

Well, then, let's get to it.

If we went down there now, we wouldn't have a chance.

Well, what if they kill him before morning?

Well, if you think you can make it alone

you just go ahead.

- When do we go? - Tonight.

We'll try to get some rest, sleep if we can.

Once we get him out, we're not gonna have time

to take a deep breath.

You did see him, didn't you, Bret?

Well, now, Sam, you don't think I'd try to outsmart you, do ya?

You're sweet.

Alright, Logan, you go first.

Bret...

...it's still not too late to forget it.

You're scared?

Sam...

...I don't believe you're afraid of anything.

[Logan] Maverick!

He's alone.

Sloan, you stay here, Logan, come with me.

You dirty, slimy, double-crosser!

Logan.

Where's the money, Pritchard?

Get me out of here.

- You got the money with you? - They're gonna kill me!

And we're gonna let 'em unless you tell us where the money is.

I lost it... I lost it coming here.

And then, those dimwits got hold of me.

You're a liar. You've got that money.

Keep your eyes out there, Logan.

Now, look, it's gonna be dawn in about three hours.

They're out there whipping themselves into a lather

and when that sun come up, they're gonna whip you

into something else.

Maverick!

There'll be another one along to see what happened to him.

Now, you got about five seconds left to talk, or be left here.

Now, you make up your mind!

I buried the money. I'll take you to it.

You think of everything, don't you, Logan?

Now, we don't want any shooting, do we?

Might disturb our friends.

Now, come on, gentlemen.

I believe it was your deal, Mr. LOCKRIDGE.

I trust you'll accept our apologies, Mr. Maverick

and congratulations.

Well, thank you, Mr. Gilling.

Hope there'll be no interruptions this time.

I don't think there will be

what with Mr. Pritchard in jail

and Mr. Logan very, very safe.

Well, looks like I can open this pot.

Fifty dollars, gentlemen.

Hello.

Glad to see you again.

In May of 1877

a fabulous treasure was found in Mexico...

...in a town called Paraíso. That's "paradise."

The records never showed who found the treasure or how.

Next week's story is our answer to that ancient question.

Well, howdy neighbor!

You're comin' or goin'?

Uh, right now, I haven't the vaguest idea.

That bloody bunch of cutthroats polished off

your friend Mr. Wheeler and you and I both know it.

Seems likely.

Then, what are we waiting for?

Wheeler isn't the only reason we're in Paraíso, Mike.

It's the only reason you gave.

[Bart] You'll be glad to see our old friend Leo Gordon

as Big Mike McComb back again in this one.

Why do we not kill them, Paco?

Put an end to all this chasing of wild gooses.

Patience, Fernando.

Do not be hasty to kill the wild gooses

who may be laying the golden eggs.

[Bart] Jay Novello gives an unforgettable performance

as a bandit chief.

Did I say "Bandit?"

Oh, whoever heard of bandits around here?

We do what we can with Fernando, but his mind is made up.

He wishes to see if you can pick up the gun.

- If I can pick it up? - Si.

Before the knife comes out on the other side of your belly.

Come, come, amigo.

You have made big talk about this gun.

I've always thought of murder as something so remote.

So extraordinary.

But now, in this place, with those men...

...seems almost... ordinary.

You don't come out, and maybe we start shooting.

Bullets bounce off rocks.

Sooner or later, we hit something.

[Bart] It's a story of intrigue

romance, and action.

Its title, "Plunder of Paradise."

I know you'll enjoy it.

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