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Psst! Psst!

[Bret] Over here, gentlemen.

I need help.

Bonjour, monsieur.

Uh, bonjour to you.

Uh, parlez-vous English?

N-no.

If that means if I do speak French, no.

Bleh!

"Maverick."

Starring James Garner and Jack Kelly.

Produced by Warner Brothers.

From the entertainment capital of the world.

Produced for television by Warner Brothers.

[Bret] This is the bayou country

somewhere along the Mississippi.

I say somewhere because I wasn't in any position

to know exactly where at the time.

Morning.

Good morning

Nice day.

Have you by any chance noticed that I am bound hand and foot?

I noticed.

Aren't you gonna untie me?

I'm thinking about it.

You're thinking about it?

Mister I don't know who you are.

Well, I might still have some identification in my pocket.

I haven't had a chance to look since I came to.

I'll look for ya.

Nothing on you, mister, but this here cigar.

That cigar you're eyeing so hungrily

might be my last for quite a spell.

Could be my first.

We're being spied on I think.

Oh, that's my big sister, Victoria.

She's kind of shy.

I'm not in much shape to do her any harm.

You are gonna untie me, aren't you?

What you got you can offer me in return?

Uh, that cigar.

Well, I already got that.

Uh, but you don't know what to do with it.

And you'll probably smoke it, and that'd be the end of it.

[Bret] You know what that cigar is good for?

- What? - Bait.

You mean, you take this here cigar

and bait that hook, and then you...

No, no. It's the aroma they go for.

[Bret] You have to prepare a mixture.

How?

Well, I can't talk anymore with my hands tied.

I wouldn't recommend this style of travel

for an extended period of time.

How do you fix that mixture, mister?

Well, you dig you some worms and you put 'em in a pail

with some dirt in it, and you wet it down

and put the cigar in the middle.

- And cover the pail. - Mm-hmm.

Why, you leave it overnight, and the next morning you...

...just throw the cigar away

and bait your hook with those worms.

That will really get the big ones, huh?

Oh, yeah, nothing under

uh,15 pounds will come near it.

- Say, where are we? - Ellis Settlement.

Say, I reckon you're a mite hungry.

Uh, I sure am, I've been

in this boat for one day that I'm sure of.

Come on inside, reckon we got

some gravy and rice and coffee a-brew.

Well the finest menu in St. Louis

wouldn't sound more attractive.

You'll like this here gravy rice.

French taught my granddaddy how to brew it

when he first come here.

What's your sister's name again?

Victoria.

Have you ever seen anything but the top of her head?

We have. Ain't no stranger likely ever to.

Here's your gravy rice.

Well, thank you.

Ah, red gravy. Like a New Orleans sauce.

What do you make this gravy out of, molten brimstone?

Reckon it is a little warmish till you get used to it.

Can't you breathe, mister?

Afraid to. Might set the house on fire.

Maybe you better try some plain rice

and some dry shrimp maybe.

Maybe you're right.

Uh-oh. Here comes daddy, Herbert and Oliver.

What do you mean "Uh-oh?"

You'll find out soon enough.

We got a stranger here, daddy.

Nice catch today?

You've been hanging around Victoria?

Now you stop it, Oliver, he ain't been a-hanging around

Victoria. Why, he don't even know her.

She's been a-hiding out ever since he got here.

- You sure about that, Ladybird? - Sure I am.

Well, he ain't been here but a few minutes.

Well, alright.

But that's just a sample of what's in store for ya

in case you do get notions about Victoria.

Alright.

If I should get any notions about Victoria

I think it's only fair that you see both sides of the picture.

Now just hold your fire, folks. Hold your fire.

Now hold your fire, Oliver. Hold your fire.

No man can talk like that to an Of ford.

Now, Oliver, you started the whole thing.

I want him in condition, so he can talk to us.

Hey, Herbert, if Oliver don't calm down

you drop that pole on his head will you?

Yes, daddy.

Now then, Ladybird

where'd you find this stranger?

He drifted in, daddy, in a row boat.

Well, where's his boat at now?

- We forgot to tie it off. - Oh.

Your boat's long gone, stranger.

What do you mean "He drifted in?"

He did. He was all tied up.

- Then what'd you untie him for? - Uh, never mind, never mind.

[David] What's your tale of woe, stranger?

Well, I was on the River Queen.

- Bound for St. Louis. - Passenger?

Yeah, I was walking back to my cabin

and somebody hit me from behind

and I guess they put me in one of the lifeboats

and set me adrift.

You drifted into a bad spot, mister.

We generally don't take strangers around here.

Right now you-you're just downright not welcome.

Well, look, I'm not gonna be around long enough

to cause you any bother. I'll be on my way right now.

You ain't got no boat.

We ain't got none to spare.

You tellin' me I'm on an island?

Well, near as could be.

Could get to the mainland on foot if you walk south.

It ain't likely, though.

Ten miles of mud and a foot underwater

full of mud holes, gators, moccasins...

W-Why can't someone just row me to the mainland?

'Cause you saw it, that's why.

Shut up, Oliver. You open your mouth too much.

I sure can't row you now, stranger.

We owe it to the citizens of the colony

to hold a vote on the measure.

But I didn't see it.

See, he saw it. I told you.

Confound it, Oliver.

I told you to shut your mouth.

Let's go inside and grab a bite to eat while we cool off.

Herbert, give Oliver a pole and help him out.

- What's your name, stranger? - Bret Maverick.

My name's David Forge. This is my son, Herbert.

He's by my first wife, Isabelle.

Ladybird, you've acquainted yourself with

she by my last wife, uh, Mary-Beth.

And this is Oliver Of ford.

He's mooning around Victoria.

A-and, uh...

Where's Victoria?

She's hiding out behind the pig trough, daddy.

Oh. Victoria!

She's gotta learn to face strangers one of these days.

Victoria, you stop acting like a young'un.

I'll come out there with a switch and treat you like one!

We're an English colony, mister.

Americans now, but all got pure English blood in us.

We got a family of Plantagenets living here.

Not many times to brag about having a Plantagenet.

That's true. I...

I don't know of many towns boasting of Plantagenet.

Victoria!

I'd appreciate if you wouldn't gawk at her

when she comes in, mister. We...

We gotta break her into meeting strangers slow-like.

Well, I'll try to gawk as little as possible.

Ooh. This my daughter Victoria.

[David] She's by my middle wife Erlene.

Victoria, meet the stranger.

- Pleasure, ma'am. - Now wasn't that nice?

- Yours ain't got gravy. - Well, thank you.

Doggone, all this excitement.

Get a little tickling in my chest every now and then.

[David] Been getting a little worse lately.

Don't worry about it, I knew a man that had that same tickle

and lived to be over 70.

Oliver, w-what you wanna go and do that for?

You break a mirror, you bring on a mess of ill-luck.

'Cause he was using it to gawk at her. I saw him.

First I thought he was staring at hisself.

[Oliver] Real pleased with hisself, I thought.

But I snuck a look, and it was Victoria he was staring at.

- Now, I warned you. - Uh, now, now, now.

Now just hold on, Oliver. Cool down. Cool down.

You're a visitor in my home, and I demand respect.

Uh, Herbert, go outside and bring in that pole.

I aim to eat this meal in peace.

Yes, daddy.

Now you've all heard the stranger's story.

Anyone having anything to say in favor of the stranger

will please address the court.

Just one thing, daddy.

What is it, Ladybird?

That boat he'd come up in

had writing on the side of it, and a number three.

Now I can't read, but that writing was the same

as the name on that big riverboat

that passed by here just night before last.

Yeah. Sounds like it could be a lifeboat.

Any comments?

Well, before you rest my case

I'd like to ask just one question.

Well, why is it a crime even if I did come here on purpose?

I'd keep shut if I was you son.

Talk like that, you'll lose your case.

Anymore comments?

Well, I've been sittin' here listenin', and thinkin'.

Thinkin' about this thing from all four angles.

And I ask myself, suppose I was a government spy

and I wanna do a little sneaking around out on Ellis Settlement

how would I set about it?

Did you answer yourself?

Ah, I just wouldn't row in there

because nobody would believe me if I told them who I was.

Not even if I said I was a preacher.

Well, now, now

h-how would you get in here without causing no questions?

I'd tie myself up, set myself adrift

and let the rise of the water float me in.

Nobody could say I came in on purpose.

By an odd coincidence, that's exactly how I arrived

on this island.

And there's sure been a lot of questions asked

since I got here.

That's true, true.

True, but could be we're just a grunt sl yer

than a government spy figured on.

True. Makes sense.

But even if I was a spy, which I'm not

I haven't seen anything. So what could I report?

Depends on how good a spy you'd be, stranger.

There are things to be seen, and we ain't sure

you ain't seen some of 'em.

I am.

Is there anymore comments?

I've spoke my piece.

Um, stranger

if you kindly step and store out of earshot

we'll try and reach a verdict on you.

Mm.

Now we're not gonna put any guard on you.

[David] Around here, stealing a boat will get you hung.

Well?

I say he's a spy set on ruining us.

I vote we get rid of him, quick and easy.

- I second the motion. - Now-now-now...

Now there's another thing to consider.

Suppose he is a government spy and he don't go back.

Sooner or later others are gonna come here looking for him.

That ain't so good.

That's true. That's true.

My boy don't speak very often.

When he does, he generally comes up

with something real bright.

Now back to "Maverick."

Stranger, you can come out now. We've reached an agreement.

It's the decision of this township

that we don't know no more about you now

than we did when we first started out.

Therefore, uh, it's not considered good thinking

to let you leave here.

Therefore, uh, we ain't gonna let you leave

until we're sure about you one way or another.

Look, I give you my word I didn't see what you think I saw.

Uh, uh, we don't all agree on that.

When we do, we'll let you go.

Meantime, since we ain't bad people at heart

and being of pure English blood

uh, you can live among us as one of us.

Have free run of the island, free vittles and...

So long as you don't try to escape.

You try to escape, and we'll have to lock you up

'cause we ain't got time to be fetching you back

all the time. You understand?

Alright. Where do I eat? Where do I sleep?

Oh, uh, oh, you sup with us

and, and I'll show you where you sleep.

Uh, this court is hereby declared dismissed.

Uh just come over here. You bring him, Herbert.

I still say we made a bad vote.

Now you can quarter here.

- We break bread at daybreak. - What time is that?

Well, it's a different time by a few seconds each day.

- Goodnight. - Goodnight.

Hello, Ms. Victoria.

Ms. Victoria?

- Let's have your boots. - My boots? What for?

I figured even you wouldn't be foolish enough to try to cross

that swamp barefooted. Come on, let's have 'em.

[Bret] Days dragged into a week, which started dragging for two.

I must have explored that island a hundred times.

It didn't take long to walk from one side to the other.

In fact, if you weren't careful

you'd walk right off of it.

Hello, Ms. Victoria.

[Herbert] We hang men for stealing boats in this country, stranger.

Even if you managed to get out on the river

you'd just get lost.

Anyhow, we got the fastest boatman on the river.

You wouldn't get very far.

You'll find my boy don't speak very much, stranger.

When he does open his mouth, he generally comes up

with something real bright.

Yeah, doesn't he?

[Bret] Every day I could see civilization passing by

almost within calling distance.

I finally gave up waving when I found that

all I accomplished was they waved back.

Well, hello, Ms. Victoria.

Psst! O-over here.

Over here.

Gentlemen, keep quiet. Don't land here, gentlemen.

- It's a land of no return. - Who are you?

I'm just a stranger that drifted in, and I've stayed

to become one of the oldest families on the island.

They just don't let outsiders leave here.

But they've already seen us

when I anchored my launch out in the river.

But they won't bother me. You see, I'm the postman.

- Postman? - Well...

Some of 'em do receive mail

and a few of 'em answer.

I have a government contract to pick up and deliver.

Here, hop in. Crawl under this tarp.

We'll smuggle you out to my launch

when we're ready to leave.

I'm grateful to you, sir.

There, you're hidden.

Row on in before they get suspicious.

Lie still and keep cover. I won't be long.

- Something wrong? - Yeah.

Seen anything of a stranger in city clothes?

- Not a thing. - If'n you do, give me a holler.

I'll do that.

[Bret] An hour went by, seemed an awful long time

for a man to deliver mail.

And another thing I didn't like...

I could just barely see it from the crack under the canvas.

I didn't like the tattoo on that boatman's hand.

Hold it, Sampson!

What is it?

I got a good notion to back out on the deal.

You're just plain every day robbing us, and you know it.

Them garments sell for $75 or better on the open market.

Ten dollars apiece is a mighty fat markdown, ain't it?

This isn't the open market, Forge.

And consider the risk I take

peddling these things in the city.

And all I get is a mere 20 or $30 apiece.

Of course, if you'd like to try to peddle them yourself

it's your goods.

You know I can't do that.

Then ten dollars is my price.

Take it or let it pass.

We'll take it!

But I'm telling you, you're robbing us blind!

And I know it!

See you next week!

Get back to the launch.

Where have you been?

Takin' a bath.

Now back to "Maverick."

- Mr. Stranger. - Hm?

There is one way you can deal me out of this cigar.

That is, if you really want to.

How's that?

There's one thing I've always wanted to do.

Maybe, maybe you could help me.

What?

I wouldn't even talk about it to people here

but you being a stranger...

W-What do you got on your mind, Ladybird?

You can read and write, can't you?

Well, if the words aren't too big.

I can't.

Well, you got something you want me to read to you?

No, I want you to learn me, so I can read myself.

Learn you?

To read and write.

We got books. Pretty ones, too.

See? A red one, a blue one and a speckled one.

Bet they are all good ones, too.

I'll bet this red one's the best one, though.

It's the prettiest.

"The History of the Decline And Fall of the Roman Empire."

Well, this one's hard even for a teacher to read.

And the blue one?

Oh, that's French. I can't even read that one myself.

And this one?

Ah, the speckled one's pay dirt, Ladybird.

"Poor Richard's Almanack."

It's about people a lot like you.

Can you learn me to read it?

You really wanna learn to read, don't you?

And write. It's even more important to me than fishin'.

I wish I could help you, but I can't.

Teaching is an art you have to train for.

I couldn't teach you to read. I wouldn't know where to start.

Then you can't help me?

I'm sorry.

Leastwise you're honest.

Guess that deserves somethin'.

You givin' it to me?

Wouldn't really bait the big ones, anyway.

Would it?

No.

You still mooning over them books?

- Ladybird? - I reckon so.

Maybe one of these days you'll be able to read 'em all.

You reckon?

Maybe we'll have a schoolhouse right here on this mud bog.

When do you reckon we'll come by this schoolhouse, daddy?

Oh, by and by.

Got some bad news for you, stranger.

You mean things can get worse?

Gonna have to lock you up for a spell.

- Why? - Oh, reasons.

Take him away, Herbert.

I'll suffocate in here.

Had you rather we kill you fast?

You know, Oliver, you're the only man I know

who can win a debate by asking a question.

Now, ladies and gentlemen

us men folks have talked it over

and money's nice, we like it.

But we decided to do something for our very own.

So this batch goes to the women folks

and the young'uns of the colony.

This ought to fit you.

Ain't that nice?

Yeah.

Ladybird? Ladybird!

- You know what this is? - It's a dress, daddy.

[David] Oh, here, here, a real nice one.

It is real nice one.

[Bret] I guess that was the big secret

shipping crates.

The place was a hot bed of bayou pirates.

Well, that's the last of it.

Maybe your mama can cut it down for you.

Alright, Herbert, you and Oliver go let the stranger out

before he smothers to death. Hm.

[Herbert] Hey, you alright in there?

I'm still alive. That's about all.

Boy, it's sure hot in here.

Must be. You look like you've been runnin'.

Yeah. I feel like it, too.

[Bret] A day or so later, I was nailed into the hut again.

They were expecting visitors

and they didn't want them to visit me.

It's alright. It's alright, Ladybird.

They-they won't hurt you.

Ellis Settlement welcomes you Cajuns.

We Acadians come in peace to hear what you offer.

Uh, you the Cajun spokesman?

I speak for the Acadians, oui.

- Why did they choose you? - Ha-ha.

Because I can speak your language.

- Oh. - Whoever told you that was...

Well, you just come on into town, follow us

and we will do some fair trading with you.

Mr. Stranger.

Oh, hi, Ladybird!

I brung you back your shirt.

Oh, thank you.

Hey, how come you haven't been around

to see me the last three nights?

Mm, daddy's afraid you might siphon

out of me what they're up to.

Oh, what are they up to?

They're trading the Cajuns out of some fishing boats.

Oh, well, you better run along before I do siphon

that information out of you.

Goodnight.

Psst. Psst! Over here, gentlemen.

I need help.

- Bonjour, monsieur. - Bonjour to you.

- Uh, uh, parlez-vous English? - N-no.

If that means if I do speak French, no.

Uh, parlez-vous Espanol?

No.

Bleh!

[Bret] When the trading ended

things became the same again.

Well, almost the same.

- For I have... - Hello, Ms. Victoria.

♪ Loved you so long ♪

♪ Delighting in your company ♪

Hello, Victoria!

It's a nice day.

♪ My love you do me wrong ♪

♪ To cast me off ♪♪

[David] Well, uh, I don't know.

I, I kind of got attached to the stranger.

I don't think he'd give us no harm.

[Anthony] Confound it, David!

We've allowed you to have your way for a coon's age.

I tell you, he is a danger to the whole colony.

Simon Teller is almost certain he saw him

jump out of Sampson's boat the other day.

And he's trying to get away as sure as sin.

Now, what if he'd made it? Where'd we be?

Confound it, doing him in amounts to murder.

Sometimes a man's forced to kill, David.

And if you notice the change in Victoria lately...

When we started this thing, it was for a good cause.

Murder seems to take all the good out of it.

Not murder, David, self-defense.

I still don't like it.

Well, now, would you abide by a popular vote?

If the rest feel like us, would you let us see it our way?

Yeah, yeah. I suppose I'll have to.

To be fair, yeah, uh-huh.

[Bret] I hated to be unfair

but I decided I'd better get out of this place fast.

[Bret] Victoria, dressed for a fancy New Orleans ball

walking out into that stretch of swamp

that even the roughest island men were edgy about going into.

Daddy Forge had said I'd have more sense

than to go into the swamp barefooted.

I wonder what he meant.

Well, hello, Victoria.

Taking a little stroll, are ya? Well, it's a nice night for it.

Oh, is that the way we dress

for walking in the marshes these days?

Very nice.

Well, what's this? Looks like a boat, doesn't it?

- Feels like a boat, too! - Uh!

Don't hurt him, mister.

- I don't wanna hurt him. - Then let him go!

Well, if I let him go, he might get up and hurt me.

I wouldn't like that either. Who is this great defender anyway?

Allow me to introduce myself, monsieur.

I'm called Phillipe Theirot.

Howdy. I'm Bret Maverick.

Now what do you say, let's get up and both shake hands?

I would consider such a thing a pleasure.

Who is this person, cherie?

The stranger.

Oh, the prisoner.

Am I wrong in believing that you two

were just about to run away together?

Monsieur, it was during the time we were trading

that I saw this beautiful flower.

In time, we met.

Which is more than I can say.

We fall in the love.

And now we go live with my people.

How did you ever talk to her in the first place?

Monsieur.

I am a pure French blood!

I think we better go now.

I hate to be a third party on a honeymoon

but we better get underway.

- What do we do with him? - We gotta take him, honey.

Even Daddy'd turn on him now.

Shh.

They are coming.

From which way, honey?

This way and from this way.

- Many of them. - I don't hear anything.

I have an ear for the swamp, monsieur.

I even knew that my cherie was not alone when you followed.

That is why I was not in the boat when she got here.

I am convinced.

Let's go, cherie. Come.

Hold it!

They have taken to the deep!

Then they gotta have a boat.

Let's get ours.

We'll come around the other way! Come on, son.

They are now between us and the river.

They are very good swamp men, these men who chase us.

My brother's the best there is. Oliver's second best.

W-we wait a while

so they won't know exactly where we are.

I don't understand. How can they know where we are?

We haven't made a noise to speak of.

By the same why I know where they are, monsieur.

They stopped.

That means they gotta be over in slum marsh

and Oliver's got 'em headed off at the river.

That's real bright, son. Keep pulling.

We have not fooled them.

They are getting closer.

And there is only one direction still open for us.

Honey, that's the way to our cache.

I'll go take a look.

What is this cache, Victoria?

Sometime back, in the last big storm

a freight boat washed up into the bayou and wrecked.

It was just plum full of real valuable freight.

Clothes and silver, all kinds of things.

Well, our men found the boat, cached the cargo.

We've been selling that little by little to Mr. Sampson.

Was the name of this freighter by any chance The Maria?

- You know about it? - Yeah, it was in the papers.

The crew got away in a lifeboat.

They gave The Maria up as lost.

We ain't as bad as we might sound

if you look straight at us.

We didn't reckon on spending that money foolish.

We need a school on the island a-and lots of things.

Why, we ain't even got a church with a roof on it.

We must go to the cache.

Now back to "Maverick."

Now you just stay in there. This is where I leave you.

- They'll be here any second. - I know. You two run along.

I'll try to throw 'em off your trail.

Uh, why does monsieur sacrifice himself for us?

Because I am of pure Maverick blood.

Now you two go ahead

or I won't be able to sacrifice myself.

I hope someday we can repay you.

- Uh, Godspeed, sir. - Oh, oh, oh...

Yeah, same to you.

They're at the cache!

Bring the torches! We'll go on foot from here.

♪ Greensleeves was my delight ♪

♪ Greensleeves was my heart of gold and ♪

Light your torches, and let's get in there.

♪ Greensleeves was my heart of go-gold ♪

♪ And who but my lover Greensleeves ♪♪

Oh, where have you fellows been? I expected you half hour ago.

Let's wait a spell. We might need hear him talk.

Well, that boy of yours doesn't say much, but when he does...

Where is Victoria at?

Victoria? Well, they left here over half hour ago.

Went back same direction you came from.

- What do you mean they? - Well...

She and a-a Frenchman named Phillipe Theirot.

- Gone to get married. - Uh, uh...

There goes that tickle heart again, hm?

I told you not to worry about that.

Man I knew had the same thing. Reached 70!

What in tarnation are you doing here anyway?

Taking inventory.

Well, I'll allow one thing.

This fellow's got a bigger nerve than I ever crossed before.

Inventory of what?

Oh to see if you had enough goods here to make it

worth my while to throw in with you.

You got a pretty fair cargo.

What makes you think we'd let you throw in with us?

Oh, 'cause I can make you three times as much as anyone else.

You know, all of a sudden

I like the way this fellow talks.

Well, I don't.

Uh, uh, now watch him, Herbert.

- Oliver's getting uppity again. - Cool down, Oliver.

The conversation was just getting interesting.

Keep talking, stranger.

Oh, the name is, uh, Maverick.

Keep talking, Mr. Maverick.

I'll be glad to, Mr. Of ford.

Now what kind of business you boys doing now?

I-I'll tell you.

You're selling garments worth $75 for 10.

That's a mighty big markdown there.

It's true.

How much do you allow you could sell 'em for?

Oh...

...anywhere upwards from $60.

That's mighty big talk

considering we stole these goods.

What do you have in mind for yourself?

Oh, five percent.

Well, that's three times more than you're getting now.

And, uh, you could build a mighty pretty schoolhouse

with a profit like that.

Wouldn't it be nice to see

Ladybird and the others readin' and writin' like they knew how?

It won't hurt to listen to what he got to say.

And the deal don't mean a thing if he don't deliver.

We're with you, mister.

Now how are you gonna get more money for these goods?

Well, it's easy.

You've been operating illegally

with vermin like Sampson

when what you've been doing isn't illegal.

What do you mean?

Well, The Maria was abandoned by her crew.

That means The Maria belongs to anyone who finds her.

It's the law of the sea, salvage.

And the insurance has already been paid on the cargo.

So you can sell those goods on the open market in New Orleans!

- Is that a fact? - It true.

Well, I'll be a cousin to a bull gator.

- You know something, Maverick? - What's that, Mr. Of ford?

We don't need you anymore, do we?

Now, now, now, Anthony

we made a deal with the stranger

and we gotta stick by it.

I'll tell you something, David.

We wouldn't have had the stomach

to kill him in the first place.

"I am a gingerbread boy.

"I am, I am.

"I can run.

I can, I can."

She's looking downright girlish lately, ain't she?

You know, I used to think Victoria was

all there was in a woman.

I'm beginning to change my mind some lately.

Are you, uh, insulting my daughter?

Praising the one.

You're determined to marry a Forge

one way or another, ain't you? Ha-ha...

There goes that old tickle heart again. Hm.

Man I knew with the same thing lived to see 70.

I wish you'd stop saying that. I am 70.

[Bret] We are bringing you something really different

next time we meet.

A shocking story of murder and madness.

When two people feel like this

no matter what stands in their way

it's wrong for them to deny it to themselves

or to each other. Bart...

[Bret] Patricia Barry gives a haunting

and unforgettable performance as Kitty.

I'm not much of a hunter Pete.

Well, I'm not even much of a shot.

You don't have to be, you just wait until the cat comes up

so you can feel his breath and you reach down his throat

grab him by the tail and yank him inside-out!

[Bret] You'll enjoy Wayne Morris

as the unpredictable owner of Star Trail Ranch.

You're in the clear on this one on account of her.

When she tells me that she saw it happen

that it was an accident, I believe her.

You got a funny way of showin' it.

Maverick, I ain't through with you.

You want me to stay for something?

No, I just want you to know I ain't through with you.

Not now, not ever.

Goodbye, Kitty.

You're not going, not after

I've given you everything you wanted.

What you've given me?

I think you know.

I think you've known all along.

Don't think you'll stop me.

Tonight, tomorrow, it make no difference.

You turn your back and I kill you!

[Bret] It's a story of violence and passion

that you won't wanna miss.

Be sure to be here next week for "Prey of the Cat."

♪ Who is the tall dark stranger there? Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Ridin' the trail to who-knows-where ♪

♪ Luck is his companion gamblin' is his game ♪

♪ Smooth as a handle on a gun Maverick is the name ♪

♪ Wild as a wind in Oregon blowin' up a canyon ♪

♪ Easier to tame ♪

♪ Riverboat ring your bell ♪

♪ Fare thee well Annabelle ♪

♪ Luck is the lady that he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans livin' on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪

♪ Riverboat ring your bell ♪

♪ Fare thee well Annabelle ♪

♪ Luck is the lady that he loves the best ♪

♪ Natchez to New Orleans livin' on jacks and queens ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪

♪ Maverick is a legend of the West ♪♪

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