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Alright, Maverick.

Draw.

- Uh, Mr. Carteret-- - I told you, boy.

- Don't crawl to me. - I'm not crawlin'.

How do you know that Juliet is not with Sonny Montgomery again?

If she is, I'll take a switch to her when she returns.

I warned her that while this feud was going on--

- The feud is over. - Pa!

He's just tryin' to waste time

with all this blabberin' about Juliet.

Maverick...

...shut your big mouth and draw.

"Maverick."

Starring James Garner and Jack Kelly.

Produced by Warner Bros.

Juliet, are you alright?

- Yes, I'm alright. - Are you sure?

[Bret] Howdy.

Will you help us, mister? The wheel came off.

Give me a lift. Uh, perhaps we can put it back on.

Sure, be glad too.

[Juliet] Will you hurry, mister?

Just up a little bit.

Now down.

Sonny! That's them!

[Juliet] They're coming!

Run!

There he goes, Ty.

- Ty! Don't! - Let go, Juliet!

- Hold her back, Nat. - Get him, Ty!

Stop it! No!

Julie! Hold her back!

Get him, Ty!

[Juliet] Run!

- Did you get him? - We'll see. Come on.

Stop them, pa. Don't let them kill him.

Justice will be done, Juliet.

Justice? Murder isn't justice.

Run, Sonny, they're coming!

Run! Run!

Hey, blood. You hit him.

Yeah.

That looks like the way he went.

Come on.

Alright, mister. Who are you?

Bret Maverick.

You sure you ain't a Montgomery?

Not unless my pappy lied to me.

He's no Montgomery.

Just a stranger who passed by.

Oh, we'll see.

Hey, are you sure we're goin' right?

He was right up to that gully.

Maybe he turned off back there.

What do you say we go back

and take a look at the gully, huh?

Don't know.

Oh, wait a minute.

He come by here, alright.

His blood on that leaf.

Where do you figure?

That's the shortest to the Montgomery place

along the creek.

That's most likely where he went.

How many times do I tell you?

I was just ridin' along, mindin' my own business.

Aidin' and abettin' and elopin' is not your business.

I wasn't aidin' or abettin' anythin'.

I don't know these young people.

I never saw 'em before in my life.

I didn't know what they're doin'.

The buggy was broken down.

He looks like a Montgomery to me.

Maverick! M-A-V-E-R-I-C-K.

Maverick!

Look, I got some letters addressed to me.

Same kinda dopey-lookin' eyes.

Montgomery, alright.

Probably your mother was a Montgomery.

Maverick's her married name.

[Juliet] Oh, for heaven's sake, stop it.

Of course he's not a Montgomery.

Nor any kin of theirs.

The Montgomerys don't want Sonny to marry me

no more than you do.

- You know that. - He got away.

Yeah, but we wringed him. There was blood.

What about him?

Claims he was just passing by.

I'll bet.

What'd they pay you?

Ten thousand dollars.

Well...

He makes jokes.

Look, stranger...

...anybody that helps my sister to run off with a Montgomery--

Look, I was ridin' along mindin' my own business.

I'm on my way to St. Louis to visit my brother

who's visitin' our pappy, who's visitin' relatives

who live on a showboat.

Well, he got it all memorized.

Oh, I ought to by now.

Come on, they hired you to help them get away, didn't they?

Have it your own way.

Well, you're not gonna get away with it.

- I'm not, huh? - No you ain't.

Now, wait a minute. Wait a minute.

Somebody's gonna get hurt.

Yep! Somebody's gonna get hurt.

How is he?

Still unconscious.

He shouldn't be alone.

- Mother's with him. - She needs her rest.

I told her, but she won't leave him.

If your brother dies

his death will be on your head, my daughter.

Payment for your sin.

Don't talk of his dying.

What will be, will be. We must prepare to face it.

We're prepared, pa.

His foot slipped. You all saw it was an accident.

Don't expect them to be reasonable.

It's the stupid feud.

It keeps them all riled up with hatred and vengeance.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

A dispute over 50 acres of bottom land.

Way back in my grandfather's day.

And the land still lies there

with no one getting the benefit of it.

And my family and Sonny's family

fighting and shooting.

It's a wonder anyone's left.

Oh, the killing stops from time to time.

Mostly, we just don't have

anything to do with the Montgomerys.

But then something happens

and the hatred breaks down to open warfare again.

He's come around.

He'll live.

Well, then, you won't be needing me.

And I've got a long way to go.

Young man, you very nearly killed my son.

That he's alive now is none of your doin'.

But he knows, he understands.

He told me to tell you that he demands satisfaction.

- What? - Vengeance.

Well, don't you people ever think of anything else?

It's his wish that we hold you here

until his strength returns.

After that we'll give you your gun

and you and he can shoot it out.

Oh, I don't wanna shoot him.

Well, then he'll shoot you.

It was just an accident. His foot slipped.

It's his wish.

Well, it's not mine.

You won't give me my gun back, keep it.

But I'm gettin' outta here.

Hey, what's goin' on out there?

- Montgomerys. Get over there. - Oh, I guessed that much.

This sort of thing happen often?

Only when somebody draws blood.

I guess they're riled on account of Ty weighing Sonny.

They'll go away after a couple of days.

Yeah, unless somebody else draws blood in the battle.

Or if Sonny dies.

Killin' always makes for bigger fights.

- Get over that window. - Hey, what about him?

He's not goin' anywhere now.

- Get over there! - Oh, yes.

Now, this is ridiculous! Someone can get killed.

Often do.

Well, that someone could be me.

Sounds like a whole army out there.

Nope, not more than three or four.

- It's enough. - Oh, we can handle 'em.

Alright, so you can handle 'em. But what good does it do you?

- You can't use a disputed land. - Neither can they.

Well, that's what I mean. Everybody loses.

Wouldn't it be better to settle the thing?

- Can't. - Why?

Can't traffic with the devil.

Well, you can come to some sort of terms.

Can't trust Montgomerys to keep a bargain.

Why not try?

If you, if you make an agreement with them

and they back out on it, you can always go back to fightin'.

Why don't you just talk it over?

Nothin' to talk over. The land's ours.

My father won it fair and square.

- Won it? - Cards.

[Enoch] I don't hold with gamblin' myself

but the Montgomerys agreed.

The land were stakes.

Then your father won it?

Fair and square.

But Montgomery claimed it was a bad deck.

He shot my father and murdered him.

So, from that day to this, there's been a steady series...

- I see what you mean. - Hold your fire, boys.

No call to waste ammunition. They ain't goin' nowhere.

An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.

- And when you run out of teeth? - How's that?

Well, it seems the only way this thing will ever end

is when everybody in both families is dead.

What must be, must be.

Ty, you hadn't oughta be outta bed.

- I'm okay, pa. - Now you listen to me!

I said, I'm okay, pa.

Look.

We may need every bullet.

It's a crime to waste ammunition.

A-and money.

I just want my friend here to know I mean business.

[Ty] As soon as we get rid of them Montgomerys

him and me's got a score to settle.

Mr. Carteret, I got an idea.

If this feud started with a card game

why not end it with one?

What?

Another game of cards.

This time with both families watchin'

so there's no chance of cheatin'.

The-the winners take the land.

[Bret] The losers agree to it.

We already won it.

Well, then, win it again.

This time they'll be no claim of a bad deck.

Look, if I do say so myself, I'm a pretty fair poker player.

- I'll represent you. - I don't hold with gamblin'.

Uh, well, it's not gamblin'. It's an affair of honor.

A tournament. It's a way to settle.

[Ty] What are you stickin' your nose in for?

What do you figure to get out of it?

Well, I just thought if I win the land for you

it'll sorta settle the difference

between you and me.

Uh, take the place of the shootout.

And if you don't win?

Well, then there'll be plenty of time

for you and me to play with guns.

I don't know. I don't hold with gamblin'.

What do you hold with? Killin'?

It's a chance for your whole family to live in peace.

Jeb, come here!

- Ty, watch that window! - Yeah, pa.

Jeb.

I've lectured you on the sins of gamblin'

but you never heed me.

Oh, I do, pa. Honest.

You think I'm blind?

You think I don't know where you go

when you go sneakin' off into town

because you're too big to thrash?

Well, I know right enough.

Boy, you got any cards on you now?

- No, pa, honest. - There's no time for arguin'.

There's a decision to be made.

- You proficient with these? - Huh?

A Carteret has got to excel in everything he does.

Even misbehavin'.

Are you good, boy? Are you good with cards?

Well, I can hold my own, I guess.

Well, then hold it.

Mr. Maverick, you got yourself a game.

- Chips? - Chips?

I'm a reasonable man.

I'm willin' for this to end the feud.

Providin' the land stays in our family.

Mr. Maverick, you say you're a good poker player...

Prove it.

Nat! Get down here!

Now back to "Maverick."

And I presumed you were proficient with cards.

Hmm.

Well, only one problem.

[Enoch] How we gonna get the Montgomerys to agree

to an outsider representin' us?

Couldn't we claim he was Uncle Abner's boy?

No.

My brother Ab never got married.

Oh.

No, we can't claim him as kin.

If this is gonna settle the feud

it must be clear there's to be no cheatin'.

However...

...nothin' says a man can't call himself

any name he wants to.

Where does that get us?

Suppose Mr. Maverick was to call himself...

[Enoch] ...Bret Carteret. We don't say he's kin.

We say he's Bret Carteret.

If the Montgomerys wanna assume he's kin

it's none of our doin'. We will have spoken the truth.

- I don't like it. - Why not?

- What if he loses? - Well, he dastn't.

'Cause then he'll have to shootout with you

and you'll kill him.

Well, what if he wins? I gotta let him go?

Don't be greedy, son.

To humble the Montgomery should be payment enough.

Well, look at it this way, you can't lose.

Either you put the Montgomerys in their place

or me in mine.

Alright, suppose the Montgomery don't agree to the match?

- Put it to 'em and see. - How?

No self-respectin' Carteret

would be seen talkin' to a Montgomery.

True.

I could put it to 'em for ya.

Then they'd know right off you ain't no Carteret.

- True. - What about Juliet?

She could talk to Sonny.

You could get the message to 'em that way.

You see, pa? He's encouragin' their devilment.

It may be in a good cause, son, if it settles the land to us.

Juliet!

Hey, you can't send her out there, Nat.

Not even a Montgomery would shoot a female.

Maybe not intentionally.

You can send her later, when all this quiets down.

They might take her hostage.

Tomorrow is Sunday. We never fight on the Sabbath.

Juliet can talk to Sonny in church.

- You want me, pa? - Yes, my child.

We want you to take a message to Sonny Montgomery.

This ain't no time for teasin'.

We're not teasin', my daughter.

Mr. Maverick has a plan.

Yeah, that's right.

As my old pappy used to say

"If all the men who lived by the gun were laid end to end

I wouldn't be surprised."

And so we see that my message to you this morning

can be summed up in one word.

Brotherhood.

Yes, my dear friends.

All men are brothers.

All men are one.

All men bathe in the sunshine of brotherly love.

"Do unto others." That should be our motto.

"Love your neighbor as yourself."

That is the touchstone of the good life.

Now, let us turn to page 16

of our books and sing "O Brother Man."

♪ O brother man ♪

♪ Fold to thy heart thy brother ♪

♪ Where pity dwells ♪

♪ The peace of God is there ♪

♪ To worship rightly ♪

♪ Is to love each other ♪♪

You go first.

Go on.

Come on, mother.

Sonny, I've gotta tell you something.

Maybe we can end this silly feudin'.

Well, how?

- Pa! - What is it, son?

Look, come on.

So, if your pa will only listen--

Sonny!

Oh, hello, pa.

I see you haven't learned your lesson yet.

Pa, Juliet has a message for us from her father.

I don't wanna hear it.

Well, it's a plan to end the feud.

Impossible.

How will you know, unless you listen?

Can't traffic with the devil.

This could settle the dispute.

One way to settle it, let Carteret give in.

- Pa, if you'd only listen. - If listen to what?

Schemes, intrigues. Son, you've clasped a viper to your bosom.

If you'd only be reasonable.

Hah! Unreasonable, am I?

Is that the way for a son to speak to his father?

I'll have you understand there is no man in the whole county

more reasonable, more fair, more just

than Montague Montgomery.

Go ahead.

Tell me the schemes Carteret has concocted, I'll listen.

But I'm warning you...

...the answer is no.

- Well, daughter? - They wanna think it over.

- How long? - A couple of days.

They'll keep truce till Tuesday noon.

If they accept the plan

they'll fire three shots at high noon.

And if they don't accept?

I reckon three shots ain't all they'll fire.

What do you think, pa? Will they?

Far be it for me to fathom the workings of the Montgomery mind.

- We'll wait and see. - Well, it won't be long now.

- I bet five dollars-- - Jeb!

Sorry, pa, I was...

- I was only joking. - It is not a joking matter.

Sorry, pa.

I don't hear them shots.

- I told ya. - Give 'em time.

They said noon. It's noon.

Maybe the clock's fast.

The clock is not fast.

Well, pa, what do we do now?

Get your guns, boys.

That's Montgomerys for ya. Even their clocks are wrong.

They're here.

Come on, mother.

Come, mother.

What's he doin' here?

This is Bret Carteret. He's gonna play for us.

Who's playing for you?

Oh, he's right here.

This is Bart Montgomery.

Let him through, fellas.

Excuse me, gentlemen.

Now back to "Maverick."

Call.

Three jacks.

Check.

Call. Give me one card.

Dealer takes three.

Check.

Call.

Small full.

Beats a little straight.

Now, we've been playin' for a couple of hours.

Mind if we take a break, Mr. Montgomery?

Well, that's fine with me, Mr. Carteret.

What's the matter, boy? You're off your game.

Oh, just lettin' him get a little overconfident.

Well, don't run outta chips while you're doin' it.

Yeah, us Carterets would like

a little confidence too, Cousin Bret.

Alright, give me time, I'm just fielding him out.

He's a pretty good player, that Mr. Bart Montgomery.

And I'll keep my confidence in this.

Bret, a glass of cold water might perk you up some.

Thank you, ma'am.

I don't aim to serve any Montgomerys...

...but a truce is a truce.

There are glasses by the pump in the kitchen.

If any Montgomery's wanna serve themselves...

No Carterets' gonna shoot 'em today.

I want you to get a message to Sonny for me.

What is it?

Now, there aren't half a dozen men in the West

that can give me a run when it comes to poker.

One of them's my pappy and another is my brother Bart.

- Bart? - Bart.

- Your brother? - My brother.

Him?

Him.

Oh, dear.

That kind of complicates things.

You're tellin' me.

- What can Sonny do? - He can talk to Bart.

Tell him the spot I'm in.

If I don't win this match, it means a shootout with Ty.

Bart's got to understand that.

Bart understands, but he says the Montgomerys hired him.

He's getting $5000 if he wins.

He's just playin' for money, I'm playin' for my life.

Well, that's what Sonny told him.

Bart says he wants to help

but he keeps thinkin' about

what your old pappy used to say.

"There's only one thing more important than money.

And that's more money."

That's my family.

Thanks anyway, Juliet.

Are you coming, Mr. Carteret?

Oh, coming, Montgomery.

Eight-high flush.

Bret's playing like himself again.

Something's gone wrong.

Bart isn't playing like himself anymore.

Saved by the bell.

We did agree to quit at 6:00, Mr. Carteret.

That's right, Mr. Montgomery.

Goodnight, folks.

What happened?

Well, it's nothin' to worry about, sir.

I'll finish him off tomorrow.

I still have a few chips left

and the agreement is that we play

until one of us wins them all.

But you're way ahead.

Well, that sometimes happens, sir.

He's a better player than I figured.

When I realized he was making a fight of it

I decided to throw the lead to him, at least for tonight.

That way I'll catch him off guard in the morning.

Nothing beats a man like overconfidence.

And what do you hope to learn?

Well, I can't say, but...

What actually do you know of this Maverick?

Professional poker player. Professional poker player

that our kin got for us in St. Louis.

Fine. But reliable?

It's hardly a reliable profession.

Something happened today.

And I'd like to know what.

If we could only learn something

about his habits or anything...

Oh! Good boy.

Nice trick to be teaching the boy, I must say.

Even the Gods cannot strive against necessity.

Hmm.

Hmm. Well, now.

Well, what is it?

It's a letter from Bart's brother.

And how do you think it's signed?

"Your brother", most likely.

Exactly.

- "Your brother..." - "Bret!"

- Bret? - Bret.

Are you suggestin' Bret Carteret?

Why not?

Oh, well, there's many men named Bret

but that doesn't mean that--

Oh, wait!

He says he's on his way from Kansas to St. Louis.

Now, that would bring him through here.

And he was planning to be here this week.

And we're only a day's drive from there.

- Yeah, but even so. - Oh, but there's more.

Now, he mentions of poker games.

Now, let's put it all together.

Stranger, poker game, name of Bret, on his way to St. Louis.

Oh, but then he's not a Carteret at all.

Exactly.

He's Bret Maverick.

The deceit of them Carterets.

Used an outsider, a professional.

They're brothers. They've made a deal.

Bart is throwing the game.

What are we gonna do, pa?

What are we going to do, indeed?

We're going to call off the match.

Oh, not so fast.

Do we want to be known as quitters?

No, Edwina.

I have a better plan. A much better plan.

Now...

Oh.

Good morning.

Conniver!

But not thief. Do you have the wallet, too?

We had no choice.

Even the Gods cannot strive against necessity.

Why the guns?

Why didn't you tell us he was your brother?

Who?

Now, don't beat around the bush.

The man you threw the game to yesterday.

I didn't throw the game. It's not over.

- Or is it? - He's your brother.

He's Bret Maverick.

I was told he was Bret Carteret.

You know better.

You and him have some sort of scheme.

[Bart] Scheme?

Or perhaps the Carterets offered

more than we did, is that it?

Would you like to meet their price?

I would not.

You made a bargain and you'll stick to it.

Of course, under the circumstances, uh

it's slightly amended.

Now, you'll resume the game today

and if you win, you'll get the $5000 as agreed to.

But if you lose

we are stringing you up to the nearest tree.

- Now, wait a minute-- - As a cheat and a swindler.

"Whosoever diggeth a pit shall fall therein."

Bret's a pretty good card player.

I can't guarantee to win.

Perhaps not, but we can guarantee

that you don't deliberately lose.

Now, uh...

Mother!

Is Bart's breakfast ready?

[Sonny] Juliet!

Listen, I've got to tell you something.

Good morning, Mr. Carteret.

Good morning, Mr. Montgomery.

They found out that Bart's your brother.

They're gonna kill him if he don't win.

Oh, fine.

If I win, he's dead

and if he wins, I'm as good as dead.

Nice choice.

Isn't there anything we can do?

There may be one thing.

What're you two jawing about?

Oh, just having a little family chitchat.

One Carteret to another.

I'll bet.

Well, now, if you don't trust your own sister, I...

Hey, what are you doing to those cards?

Nothing. Take a look.

Satisfied?

But you'll have to hurry.

- I will. - Good luck.

What was it, Bret? What did he do?

I thought I saw him nick one of the corners.

Here, let me see.

Well, my mistake. I must have been a little overly suspicious.

- I'm sorry. - No it's perfectly alright.

Take all the precautions you want

so you can't claim you were cheated when I beat you.

- Bravo! - Well, shall we begin?

Your deal, Mr. Carteret.

- Flush. - Oh!

Beats again.

Hey!

[Ty] What's he doing?

We might better ask, "What are they doing?"

They played yesterday, they played this morning.

Where are we? Right where we started.

I demand a showdown and I demand it now.

Who's he to demand a showdown in our house?

You're right, son.

No Montgomery makes demands under this roof.

I demand a showdown.

What do you propose?

I don't rightly know but I want this settled

and I want it settled now.

[Jeb] I know, pa.

Make 'em stop playing draw.

Let 'em deal out a hand of stud.

Make 'em bet a chip on each card.

Well, I don't pretend to understand the fine points

of this devil's game, but if you say it'll work, son--

Sure. Let 'em use five chips each.

Like so.

Every bet's gotta be a chip.

They can fold, but if they bet

it's gotta be a chip on each card.

If you say so, I'll go along with that.

Montgomerys agree?

Do we let the Carterets make the rules, pa?

Montgomery asked a showdown.

Now he's scared to risk it.

The Carterets set the rules, I shall set the conditions.

We agree to the match as outlined...

...provided Bart does the dealing.

A showdown on their deal?

What do you take us for?

Now who's scared?

- Bret? - Yes, sir.

What do you say?

Well, we were doing alright as we were.

And gettin' nowhere.

You claim to be an expert.

If Bart Montgomery deals...

...can you be absolutely certain he cannot cheat?

That's what we're all here for, isn't it?

No one can say that Enoch Carteret

is not a fair man.

A just man, a courageous man.

We will dare a showdown...

...on a Montgomery deal.

Now back to "Maverick."

Queen's still high.

Bet.

Possible straight.

Your bet.

Bet.

[Bart] Pair of queens.

Pair of eights.

You're high.

Check.

It's a good spot to run a bluff.

I wonder.

There's only one way to find out.

Alright then, this is it.

Hmm.

- Two pair. - Two pair.

You weren't bluffing.

Beats me.

Hurray! We won!

Now, I'll really take care of you.

Maverick...

...this belongs to you.

I'm in no hurry for it.

Put it on.

If I refuse?

It's a nice day for a shootout.

[Ty] Only you're gonna be at disadvantage without your gun.

It's gonna happen, one way or the other.

Put it on.

Hold now, isn't there some other way

we can settle this?

Cards maybe?

- Uh, Mr. Carteret-- - You let us down, boy.

You let us down bad. Don't look to me for help.

Alright, mother. Boys. Let's get back.

- Now, where's Juliet? - I don't know, ma.

- Maybe she's in the house. - I don't think so.

I haven't seen her since early morning.

Oh, Juliet!

Juliet!

Well, just so she isn't anywhere near

wild shootin' in my theater.

She ain't, ma, she'd answer.

Alright, Maverick.

Draw.

- Uh, Mr. Carteret-- - I told you, boy.

- Don't crawl to me. - I'm not crawlin'.

How do you know that

Juliet is not with Sonny Montgomery again?

If she is, I'll take a switch to her when she returns.

I warned her that while this feud was going on--

The feud is over.

Pa!

He's just tryin' to waste time

with all his palavering about Juliet.

Maverick

shut your big mouth and draw.

Mr. Carteret, I wish you'd hear...

Montgomerys! Inside, ma! Boys, get in the back.

Come on, Bret!

[Bret] Hey, Bart.

Come on, they'll be coming back.

And they're gonna come back shooting.

Hyah!

Fire!

Oh.

Well, they wanna make sure I wouldn't try to escape.

Hey, why did you want to try to be a hero for?

Well, that's gratitude for ya.

They were gonna kill you, Brother Bret.

Just about to talk my way out of it.

Yeah, well...

You better start talkin'.

- They're on the gully there. - Well, shall we go look?

I got a better idea.

Don't think you'll get away

with this slimy Montgomery trick.

- We'll get you for it. - Yeah!

Montgomerys had it planned the whole time.

That Bart Montgomery, he's just like all the rest.

Oh, great!

- You started the feud again. - We can't surrender.

No tellin' what they're liable to do. I'm a Montgomery.

Well, so am I, as far as they're concerned.

You got any other suggestions?

We surrender.

Hold your fire, boys.

They're surrenderin'.

- Might be another trick, pa. - We'll risk it.

The honor of the Carterets comes first.

Alright, mister.

We're gonna have it out right here once and for all.

- Now, draw. - Not here, son.

For Pete's sakes, pa. How many interruptions?

The escape could've been a trap to lure us out here.

The other Montgomerys may be sneakin' through the brush

to surround us. Put them on their horses.

We're takin' them back.

But if you'd only listen.

Shut up, Maverick. You've had your chance.

Now, if you don't draw and draw quick...

...I'ma gonna.

Hey! Somebody's comin'.

Now what?

Now back to "Maverick."

Get down off that horse, Juliet Carteret.

Let me handle this, pa.

I'll teach this Montgomery to keep messin' with Juliet.

Now, hold on here. I hear the feud is over.

- Yeah, it started again. - Oh! Pa, make him stop.

Make him stop fightin' with my husband.

- Your what? - Husband.

Me and Sonny have just come from the preachers'.

You...

You married a Montgomery?

The Montgomerys ain't enemies no more.

- You gave your word. - It don't hold no longer.

[Bret] If it doesn't, the whole country's gonna know

how the Carterets back out on a promise.

You made a promise too, to shootout with Ty.

Instead you high-tailed it with this Montgomery.

I only helped him because you wouldn't listen

to what he was tryin' tell you.

- He was only stallin'. - Hold on, Ty.

No one can say a Carteret is not a fair man.

Alright, if you have anythin' to say, young man

[Enoch] before you die, say it.

But say it fast.

And say it good.

I was just tryin' to say

that there's no reason for me and Ty to fight.

After all I did what I promised I'd do for ya.

Huh?

I promised to settle a feud

and settled it so the land stays

in your family, right?

Well, the Montgomerys ain't our family and they got the land.

And as their older son, Sonny Montgomery will get it.

And he's married to Juliet.

And-and their children will inherit it.

[Bret] Your grandchildren, Mr. Carteret.

Your heirs will own the land.

Now, if that isn't keeping the land in the family

- I don't know what you call it. - He's right.

Uh, n-now, wait a minute, ma.

A bargain is a bargain.

You mean I don't get a chance

to shoot it out with this-this weasel?

A bargain is a bargain.

The fightin' is over, the feudin' is over.

The Montgomerys aren't our enemies anymore.

And there's gonna be no lowdown Montgomery that says

that the Carterets don't keep their word.

Now, pa?

What must be, must be.

Of all the dirty rotten mangy tricks!

[Bret] Thank you, Mrs. Carteret.

Oh! Well, thank you, young man.

I don't hold with all this fightin' and killin'

but there's very little I could do about it.

You gave me somethin' I could do.

That's funny. I... kind of thought

the whole Carteret family was anxious for Ty to kill me.

Well, I don't know that I'd mind to that so much...

...but I couldn't help but think

that maybe you might've killed him.

I just can't get over the way

you came stormin' to the rescue.

Imagine you showin' such brotherly concern.

Me? That was you who started double-dealin'

way back at that poker table.

I always thought Three Queens beat two-pair.

I wonder what old pappy's gonna say when he finds out

you deliberately dumped that game to save my life.

Disown you, most likely.

I imagine I can explain it to his satisfaction.

After all, Brother Bart...

...you had to win, you were the one who was being paid.

True. You got a point there.

That pappy would be the first to appreciate.

Especially, when I point it out that I had every intention

of insisting on collecting my share for saving your hide.

Well, that's fair enough. Under the circumstances

I guess you have half comin' to you.

What do you mean, "half?" I won, didn't I?

♪ 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 the wind in Oregon ♪

♪ Blowin' up a canyon ♪

♪ Easier to tame ♪

♪ Riverboat ring your bell ♪

♪ Fare thee well Annabel ♪

♪ 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 Annabel ♪

♪ 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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