- 4 months ago
After Samantha Crawford cleans him out--twice--Bret suggests they partner up to take down a crooked casino owner.
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00:00You and me got to have a little talk.
00:04Trouble?
00:04Hey, come from that direction.
00:07Riggs has got this town sort of like a mattress.
00:11I didn't think we'd meet again so soon, Maverick.
00:14I did, Mr. Riggs.
00:18Boys tell me a load of gaming equipment came in this morning.
00:22Yours?
00:23Didn't your boys tell you that?
00:25They didn't have to.
00:27Now that I see you, I can add two and two together.
00:30It'll never come out before.
00:32Not the way you deal.
01:00I'll take two, please.
01:19I'll try one.
01:22Three, please.
01:23Open her bets, 200.
01:30I'm out.
01:34I think there's an expression in poker.
01:37I'll tap you, Mr. Maverick.
01:39There is 3,500.
01:58There is 3,500.
02:02And since you're tapping me, I believe I'd better add this.
02:11Well, $1,000.
02:14I've never seen one before.
02:16That's your pot, Miss Crawford.
02:35I think it's about time for me to quit.
02:38Can you cash me in, please?
02:46Good night.
02:47Well, I've had enough excitement for one night.
02:49Do you want me to cash you in, Miss Crawford?
02:52Mr. Maverick?
02:54Good night.
02:55You had quite a run of bad luck.
03:06Maybe I played badly.
03:08Well, that isn't saying much for my ability.
03:11You're a bad poker player, Miss Crawford.
03:12I expected you to be a good loser.
03:16Is anyone.
03:18No one likes to lose.
03:20Especially to a woman, huh?
03:22Your sex has nothing to do with your poker.
03:24Two times you bet into my possible straight and raised me.
03:28Perhaps I guessed you were bluffing.
03:31And you were.
03:33Here are, Miss Crawford.
03:34$11,200.
03:35Well, thank you.
03:36Good night.
03:38Good night, Mr. Maverick.
03:42New Orleans.
04:04A real fine place to be when you've got some money in your pocket.
04:08I hadn't.
04:12Good morning, sir.
04:24May I help you?
04:25It might be the other way around.
04:27I understand you gentlemen own the Stonewall Jackson.
04:30We do?
04:31Business seems a little slow.
04:33I thought the Stonewall Jackson was scheduled to leave for St. Louis tomorrow morning.
04:37Your information is correct, sir.
04:39Would you like to book passage?
04:40I would, providing I get $5,000 from you gentlemen.
04:46You have a strange sense of humor, sir.
04:48Maybe I better introduce myself.
04:50My name is Brett Maverick.
04:54Maverick?
04:55Well, you're the one who lost $12,000 to a lovely and charming lady named Samantha Crawford.
05:01Miss Crawford is booking passage back to St. Louis on the Delta Star.
05:04Now, the Delta Star is not one of your packets.
05:08And it looks like you haven't sold too many tickets on the Stonewall Jackson.
05:13The Delta Star is almost sold out.
05:15You're not telling us anything we don't know.
05:18Now, you listen to me.
05:19What is your point, Mr. Maverick?
05:21To return to St. Louis on the Stonewall Jackson.
05:23Everybody expects me to take the Delta Star because Miss Crawford will be on it.
05:28And a lot of people would like to find out if Miss Crawford was just lucky or a better poker player than I am.
05:35Is she?
05:37She's one of the worst I've ever seen.
05:39She took you for $12,000.
05:40So she did.
05:42And curiosity being what it is, you can jam the Stonewall Jackson from stem to stern with people wondering if she can do it again.
05:54And the $5,000 you mentioned?
05:57A stake.
05:58If I win, you'll get your money back.
06:01Miss Crawford cleaned me.
06:03Let being the case, how do you know she'll switch to the Jackson or even play again?
06:08Maybe the lady doesn't want to push her luck.
06:10Miss Crawford was particularly anxious to take my money.
06:14She stayed in the pots when I did and she dropped when I did.
06:17She'll play again.
06:19Why was she out to get you?
06:21Well, that's something I hope to find out.
06:23I've never seen her before in my life.
06:25This whole thing sounds like a flim-flam to me.
06:27What's to prevent you from losing to her again?
06:29On purpose.
06:32What about you?
06:33The same thought occurred to me.
06:35I'll find a stake and book passage on the Delta Star.
06:58Gentlemen.
06:59Come on in.
07:00Yeah, we want to talk to you.
07:05The Stonewall Jackson sale the next evening with a full passenger list, including Miss Samantha Crawford.
07:13Evening, Mr. Maverick.
07:15Gentlemen, may I?
07:17It's an honor, Mr. Kittredge.
07:18Good evening, gentlemen.
07:24That chair is taken.
07:27It appears empty to me.
07:29We're waiting for someone.
07:30All right.
07:31We'll pull up another one later.
07:32We don't want you in the game, Mr. Riggs.
07:36You and me meet before.
07:39Indirectly.
07:40You're Joe Riggs.
07:42I watched you in a game in Wagon Wheel, Wyoming.
07:45So?
07:46It was in your place, the golden bucket.
07:50It was a crooked game.
07:58You're not a very careful talker.
08:01But careful who sits in the game with me.
08:03But I'll leave it up to the other gentlemen at the table.
08:06If they want you in, I'll bow out.
08:08Mr. Maverick's word is good enough for me, gentlemen.
08:10As far as I'm concerned, we're filled.
08:12Looks like we're filled.
08:19We'll see each other again.
08:21That's likely, Mr. Riggs.
08:22Mr. Crawford?
08:34Good evening.
08:35Mr. Maverick.
08:36Gentlemen.
08:37Good evening, Crawford.
08:41Mr. Kittredge, will you do us the honor of banking the game?
08:44I'd be happy to, Mr. Maverick.
08:46Agreed, Mr. Crawford?
08:47Gentlemen?
08:48Uh, these stacks will be $5,000.
08:51Will you help yourselves?
09:01High card deals.
09:03Dealer calls the game.
09:04Satisfactory?
09:05Certainly.
09:05Certainly.
09:13Your luck still holds, Miss Crawford.
09:15I defer to the ace, gentlemen.
09:18Your deal, Miss Crawford.
09:20Uh, gentlemen, before we begin, I'd like one thing clearly understood.
09:25Now, as we did before, we play according to Hoyle?
09:29You make quite a point of it.
09:31Well, it's a man's world.
09:33Men make the rules.
09:34I haven't any objection to that, as long as they all abide by them equally.
09:39According to Hoyle, Miss Crawford.
09:40Thank you, Mr. Kittredge.
09:43Well, since I have choice of the game, how would you like to play five-card stud?
09:50Well, now, that's a man's game.
09:51Who would you like to play?
09:52Let's go.
10:22Deuce. Seven. Six. Four. And another deuce. Your pair of nines are higher, Miss Crawford.
10:33Five hundred.
10:37I'll call and raise five hundred.
10:41Hold.
10:44I'll call.
10:45Well, I'll see your raise and raise another thousand.
10:54You have a lot of faith in a pair of nines, Miss Crawford.
10:56So I have.
10:59Call.
11:00Well, the way my luck's been running, I can't buck a possible straight or even a pair of nines.
11:09I'm over.
11:12Last card.
11:15Queen to Miss Crawford.
11:17Ten to Mr. Maverick. Possible straight.
11:19Your pair of nines are still high on the board, Miss Crawford. It's your bet.
11:27A thousand dollars.
11:31I'll call and raise two thousand.
11:33As I recall, Mr. Maverick, you sometimes bluff.
11:40You need a nine.
11:42I have two showing. One was turned down.
11:45I don't know the exact odds on your having that fourth nine, but, um...
11:50Well, how much do you have there?
11:53Sixteen thousand.
11:55Well, in that case, if you don't mind, I'll just raise you. Sixteen thousand.
12:05I'll call. Sixteen thousand.
12:09You're looking at my hand, Mr. Maverick. A pair of nines.
12:14I wasn't bluffing, Miss Crawford.
12:16Sorry. I do have the nine.
12:20I didn't think you were, Mr. Maverick.
12:22Had you raised in to me?
12:26According to Hoyle. Remember?
12:32In five-card stud poker, straights are not played unless it's determined at the commencement of the game that they be admitted.
12:40See for yourself, Mr. Maverick.
12:42But, Miss Crawford, I've been playing poker a long time, and straights have always been...
12:50Well, not in stud poker. According to Hoyle, that is.
12:54Steward, would you bring me the copy of Hoyle from the bar, please?
12:57You see, straights are played only when table rules allow them.
13:02And we made no table rules.
13:04Do you mind if I check the boat's copy?
13:07Oh, certainly not.
13:08Your pot, Miss Crawford.
13:26Congratulations, and good night.
13:28May I have my money, Mr. Kittred?
13:30Yes, ma'am.
13:31I imagine you have your suspicion as gentlemen.
13:41Not at all. Both Mr. Hayes and I check carefully.
13:44You have an impeccable reputation for honesty.
13:47I'm afraid that's all I have left.
13:49Now, Mr. Maverick, what now?
13:51I owe you...
13:56$5,000.
13:57No, sir.
13:58You drew more fast than that.
14:01We took our chances with you.
14:03It was a stake, not a loan.
14:05I owe you $5,000, and I intend to repay it.
14:09Good night, Mr. Bledsoe, Mr. Hayes.
14:12Good night.
14:16Straight bourbon.
14:19You know something?
14:22I think we're going to get our money back.
14:28May I ask you a question, Miss Crawford?
14:43Why me, Miss Crawford?
14:45Why were you out to get me?
14:47Was I?
14:49Oh, yes.
14:50Coming down the river, you played every pot I did,
14:53and you dropped when I did.
14:55Threw me off my game.
14:56First time it's ever been done.
14:58Well, I sure hope it'll be the last, Mr. Maverick.
15:02Well, like I said before, you're a bad poker player, Miss Crawford.
15:05But you had that one trick,
15:07and you were waiting to nail me with it.
15:10Why not Kittredge or one of the others?
15:14All right, I'll tell you.
15:16You once won $50,000 from a man named George Cross.
15:20That was all the money he had in the world.
15:25Later, to make good his loss, he embezzled money from his bank.
15:29Today's in the Kansas State Penitentiary.
15:32Because you cheated him at poker.
15:35Is that what he said?
15:36Yes.
15:37Then he's a liar?
15:42He's my father.
15:43I'm sorry.
15:48But you played poker with me.
15:50Do you think I cheat?
15:53No.
15:56I remember George Cross.
15:57He played good cards badly and bad cards worse.
16:00Well, you took his money.
16:02Yes, but believe me, I never played in a game with anyone I didn't think could afford to lose.
16:07Well, that doesn't help him now.
16:10I suppose not.
16:15I'd like to help you, Miss Crawford.
16:17But what can I do?
16:20Well, I need another $25,000 to make good what he took.
16:25And if you get it?
16:27They'll release him.
16:32Looks like we both need money.
16:34I need $5,000 to repay a debt, and you need $25,000.
16:40Any idea how you'll get yours?
16:44It's a sense that Hoyle trick won't work again.
16:47By the time we dock in St. Louis, the story will be all over the river.
16:51In a week, everybody in the territory will know it.
16:55But maybe there's another way.
16:58What do you mean?
17:00There's a man on a boat named Joe Riggs.
17:02Do you know him?
17:03No.
17:04Owns a brace joint in Wagon Wheel, Wyoming.
17:06Never played a straight deck in his life.
17:08So?
17:10A man like that doesn't deserve to live as well as he does.
17:14Well, you don't like him, is that it?
17:16I believe I would have put it stronger.
17:18I was once tempted to give the people in Wagon Wheel an honest game, but it meant staying too long in one place, so I moved on.
17:28I propose a partnership, Miss Crawford.
17:31You and I.
17:32Only I haven't got a nickel.
17:36Well, that makes it a little one-sided.
17:40Maybe.
17:41But how else would you get your $25,000?
17:44You need me, and I need you.
17:47Well, how much would it take?
17:49$10,000 would set us up with the newest and best equipment.
17:54This play?
17:55Everything above the $5,000 and what I lost before is yours.
17:59I wouldn't want to stay with it any longer than that.
18:01All right, Mr. Maverick.
18:07When do you need the money?
18:08As soon as we dock.
18:12Well, this to be a first-name partnership.
18:15Mine's Samantha.
18:17Mine's Brent.
18:19And good night, Brent.
18:20The Stonewall Jackson paddled into St. Louis right on schedule.
18:39And I went hunting for equipment.
18:48Who is it?
18:49It's Brent, you all.
18:55Well, I've arranged to buy all the equipment we need.
18:58It goes out by free this afternoon.
19:01And I got it for $1,000 less than I figured.
19:03Well, isn't that nice?
19:07Then you need $9,000.
19:12Here.
19:13You can count it if you like.
19:15Samantha, you know I trust you.
19:17We can take tomorrow morning's train for Kansas City, change there for Cheyenne, take a stage on from there to Wagon Wheel.
19:24Well, I telegraphed a friend of mine.
19:27He'll be there to take care of the equipment.
19:29Well, is there anything wrong, Brent?
19:32Well, I was just wondering if your father would approve.
19:35Oh, I'll take care of that.
19:39You know, it's pretty rough where we're going.
19:41Might be better if you'd just stay right here in St. Louis.
19:44Brent, that's so thoughtful of you.
19:46But, well, I just kind of prefer to keep an eye on my investment.
19:50You know?
19:50Well, I'll get the tickets.
19:55Partner.
20:06Yes?
20:07Telegram for Samantha Crawford.
20:09What do you want?
20:17Please, Miss Crawford, may I?
20:18Who are you?
20:20My name is Henry Tree.
20:23Mr. Cross sent me.
20:26Please forgive the telegram subterfuge.
20:30Have you been watching me?
20:32Yes, well, I'm paid to do so.
20:34A detective?
20:35Yes, and one of the best, if I may say so.
20:40Miss Crawford, I'm afraid that Mr. Cross is not going to understand the deal you made with Mr. Maverick.
20:46What deal?
20:49Well, I overheard you on the Stonewall, Jackson.
20:52And Mr. Maverick left here only just a moment ago.
20:55And I followed him this morning.
20:56He was quite busy visiting establishments that sell gambling equipment.
21:00Well, does Mr. Cross have to know?
21:06Oh, my dear, yes.
21:08You see, I have a certain loyalty towards my clients.
21:19He is, um, $5,000.
21:23A lot of money.
21:30Does Mr. Cross still have to know?
21:32Oh, I'm afraid he already knows.
21:34You see, I made a full report, and he should be here.
21:39Hello, Samantha.
21:41Mr. Tree tells me you've been a very busy girl.
21:45Mr. Tree also tells me you won $25,000.
21:47Ten percent of that is $2,500.
21:54Your share.
21:57Mr. Cross, I believe you'll find quite a bit of that money missing.
22:02You gave it to Maverick.
22:03You're going to get it back.
22:06May I say something?
22:08Please do, Mr. Tree.
22:09Mr. Maverick probably no longer has the money.
22:12You see, he's on his way right now to pay for the gambling equipment.
22:14That's Miss Crawford's problem.
22:19She's going to get it back.
22:20But why should she?
22:22She double-crossed you, or at least she tried.
22:24And inadvertently, she made it possible for you to realize a much better profit than you expected.
22:33We let her go right ahead.
22:34Exactly.
22:35And you will reap the benefit of her keen imagination.
22:39No, you don't.
22:40I made that deal with Maverick.
22:41It was my idea.
22:42So it was.
22:43What are you doing?
22:45Taking my money, Samantha.
22:47Your money?
22:48Only a woman could have pulled that hoyle trick and gotten away with it.
22:51A lady with my southern charm.
22:54I want my share.
22:55You got it.
22:56You gave it and more to Maverick.
22:59All right.
22:59I'll go to Mr. Maverick, telling the whole thing...
23:01But it was a scheme to make a sucker out of him?
23:04Oh, he'll love you for that, Samantha.
23:06He'll tie that money up in a red ribbon, put it right in your hands,
23:09and then thank you for making him look like an idiot.
23:11Oh, you aced yourself right down the river, honey.
23:15I want my share, or I'll...
23:17May I suggest that you need each other?
23:20If Miss Crawford goes to Mr. Maverick and tells him the story, she'll end up without a nickel.
23:24Yet you, Mr. Cross, you need her.
23:27For she is your only link with a man who can set you up in a very profitable business.
23:31So I suggest that you come to some sort of an agreement.
23:34Ten percent.
23:38Fifty.
23:39Twenty-five percent.
23:40I said fifty.
23:41Now, you better take twenty-five percent while I'm still in the mood to be generous.
23:45He's being very reasonable, Miss Crawford.
23:47Twenty-five for you, fifty for Mr. Cross,
23:50and twenty-five for me.
23:52Well, after all, we three share a very interesting secret.
23:59The journey from St. Louis to Wyoming is long and rough, but mostly just long.
24:16And I was a little worried about Samantha, but she made the trip almost a pleasure.
24:22She took it all in with wide eyes and a wider smile,
24:25and had me looking at places I'd never really noticed before.
24:28This, uh, isn't exactly New Orleans, Samantha.
24:54Oh, I didn't expect it to be, Brad.
24:56My record is good to see you, lad.
24:59Mike, how are you?
25:00Samantha, this is Big Mike McComb.
25:03Mike, I wrote you about Miss Crawford.
25:05Aye, that you did, but she didn't write half enough.
25:09Well, I hope we'll be friends, Mike.
25:11There's nothing stopping it, ma'am.
25:15Well, excuse me.
25:16See you later.
25:17She's got to be Irish with a face like that.
25:22She's an angel, but an angel.
25:24Play poker with her sometime.
25:26You and me got to have a little talk.
25:28Trouble?
25:28Aye, coming from that direction.
25:31Riggs has got this town sort of like a mattress.
25:34What about our equipment?
25:35We're in by wagon freight this morning, but you've got no place to put it, Brett.
25:38Nobody'd rent you enough space to deal a 200 blackjack game.
25:41I didn't think we'd meet again so soon, Maverick.
25:45I did, Mr. Riggs.
25:47Boys tell me a load of gaming equipment came in this morning.
25:51Yours?
25:52Didn't your boys tell you that?
25:55They didn't have to.
25:57Now that I see you, I can add two and two together.
26:00It'll never come out four.
26:01Not the way you deal.
26:02Well, you kept me out of that game on the boat.
26:07But here in Wagon Wheel, I run the table.
26:21Now, what were you saying about renting a place?
26:24Oh, there might be a place.
26:26Belongs to a woman called Ma Brouse.
26:28Where'll I find her?
26:29Oh, just outside of town.
26:31You're probably wasting your time talking to her.
26:33As Pappy used to say, faint heart never filled a flush.
26:36Point me in her direction.
26:49You're just wasting your time, son.
26:51You can talk till you're blue in the face.
26:54I don't hold with gambling, drinking, or them that does.
26:57I never drink, Ma.
26:58But you gamble.
27:00Only honestly.
27:01Gambling's gambling.
27:03Don't you want to see Joe Riggs closed up?
27:04Well, the devil will get him someday.
27:06I'd like to help.
27:08The devil does plenty of business in this town and don't need you.
27:12Riggs is crooked.
27:12You know that.
27:13But ain't nobody ever proved it.
27:15That's because nobody's ever gone up against him.
27:18Think what he did to your husband.
27:20You found out a lot about me, didn't you?
27:22Everything I could.
27:23Everything I could.
27:24Riggs took all your husband's money and left you with just this house and that old building I want to rent.
27:29What makes you think you can put Riggs out of business?
27:32All I want's the chance.
27:33He owns this town.
27:36Don't you think it's about time somebody took it away from him?
27:39You talk big.
27:40You better pack up your duds and head out of wagon wheel.
27:46You're young yet.
27:47You've got a lot of life waiting for you.
27:49But not if you try to buck Joe Riggs.
27:52Ma, if I don't rent your place, I'll open a game in a tent.
27:54And they'll bury you in it.
27:57I hear everyone likes you, Ma.
27:59Do almost anything for you.
28:01I just thought you might like to repay the favor.
28:04I guess not.
28:05Sorry I took your time.
28:07Hold on.
28:10I've seen a lot of men come and go.
28:13Big talkers and them that didn't talk at all.
28:16Cowards, brave men, some in between.
28:19Where do you figure I fit in, Ma?
28:20I don't know.
28:22But I'm going to rent you that building and find out.
28:25Come in the kitchen and I'll brew you some coffee.
28:37Everything's all set, Samantha.
28:39I've rented a place.
28:41Just sent Mike to take out an ad in the local paper.
28:43Oh, when do we open?
28:44Tomorrow, the next day.
28:46Depends on how fast we get the equipment in.
28:49Brad, there's just one little thing.
28:52Yeah, what?
28:53Well, I gave you $9,000 and I just don't have a thing to show for it.
29:02What, do you want a receipt?
29:04Oh, I don't want you to go to any trouble.
29:07Why don't you just give me the bills to sell?
29:15Have you heard from your father?
29:17No, no, I haven't.
29:21Did you write to him?
29:23Oh, yes.
29:24I always write.
29:27Well, look.
29:28Did you tell him what you were going to do?
29:29Uh, no.
29:32Why?
29:33Oh, I was just wondering.
29:38What's that?
29:39Handbills.
29:40What?
29:40Fell in the down newspaper office turned green.
29:42I told him I wanted to take out an ad.
29:43He's scared of Riggs.
29:45Finally, talk to him at the printing nose.
29:47Grand opening.
29:48The square deck.
29:49Games of chance.
29:51$5,000 reward to anyone who finds a dishonest game.
29:54No other place in town can make that offer.
29:57These will do it.
29:58We'll start passing them out today.
30:00Oui.
30:01You don't think anybody else in this town is going to do it?
30:03Take a handful, Mike.
30:05See you later, Samantha.
30:20Gentlemen, gentlemen, gather on.
30:29I got news for you.
30:30Take a look at this.
30:31The square deck guarantees a fair shake and an honest deal for everyone.
30:36Let me open it, sir.
30:38Opens in my process.
30:39Here you are, lad.
30:39Take a read, lad.
30:40It's all true, gentlemen.
30:41The square deck gives a fair shake for everyone.
30:44Tell your friend.
30:45Find out what it's like to play with honest cards.
30:48Here you are, boys.
30:49Pass them around.
30:50Where are you open, mister?
30:52Tomorrow.
30:52Maybe the next day.
30:53Where?
30:54Ball Brouss' old building.
30:55Tell your friend.
30:56Better than not bring your friend.
30:59All right.
30:59Step right up.
31:00All right, Maverick.
31:03I gave you a fair warning when you come in, Maverick.
31:06Leave him be, Riggs.
31:08Leave him be?
31:10Boys, this is Brett Maverick.
31:14Let him open a place here and he'll have your right teeth in a week.
31:17You boys know how I hate a crooked card man.
31:20Well, he's it.
31:21They know all about him down in the river country.
31:24I ain't letting nobody move in here and take your hides.
31:27I always tried to give you boys a square shake.
31:30I got a sign in my place.
31:32Says you can have your money back if you think I don't.
31:34Right?
31:34Right?
31:34Now, wait a minute.
31:46Hold it.
31:49I think I can take care of him myself.
31:52Take it, Maverick.
32:01Take it!
32:01Stop it!
32:10Get on two!
32:11Let them at the edge of town.
32:30If they try to get in again, finish them.
32:33What are you doing here?
32:54You give me those!
32:55I take it you got these from our former associate, Mr. Maverick.
32:59You saw the little affair out there in the street, and being a very intelligent young lady,
33:03you came to exactly the same conclusion that occurred to me.
33:05Give me those and get out of here.
33:07Am I right?
33:08You were about to dissolve your partnership with Mr. Maverick and offer Mr. Riggs a deal.
33:12I can hardly blame you.
33:13But you do have two other partners, Miss Crawford, Mr. Cross and myself.
33:18Well, Mr. Tree, you and I have the bills of sale.
33:22George doesn't even have to be in on them.
33:24My, how you twist and turn.
33:26No, I told you.
33:27I have a certain loyalty towards my clients.
33:30We'll wait for Mr. Cross here.
33:33Is George here?
33:34Well, that's stupid.
33:35Maverick will recognize him.
33:36Then where are we?
33:37Oh, I rather doubt that Mr. Maverick can recognize anybody now.
33:40And besides, what difference does it make?
33:42Obviously, we overestimated his abilities, or underestimated Mr. Riggs.
33:48And as I said, we'll wait for Mr. Cross here.
33:52And then perhaps the three of us can see Riggs.
33:59Oh, excuse me.
34:08Ah!
34:22Now, you just hold it.
34:23Easy, easy.
34:26Well, you look a lot better than when I found you.
34:29We're walking now, Ma.
34:29That's the difference.
34:31We're headed right back into town.
34:32Now you're not talking sense at all.
34:34You're both lucky Riggs didn't have you killed.
34:37Aren't you a little worried about him?
34:38Why should I be?
34:39Maybe he won't take kindly to you picking us up and bringing us here.
34:42There's one thing Joe Riggs knows.
34:44If he so much as laid a finger on me, he'd have to answer to every miner and cow hand in this valley.
34:50That's nice to know.
34:51I don't know what you mean by that.
34:53But there's a stage out of here leaving tomorrow morning, and you better both be riding it.
34:58Ma?
35:00How would you like to take us back into town close to the hotel, without Riggs seeing us?
35:04Well, I wouldn't take you too near that place.
35:08Not till after dark.
35:17Yeah?
35:19Somebody'd see you, boss.
35:20Oh.
35:21Excuse me.
35:23May I?
35:24Who are you, and what do you want?
35:26My name is Cross.
35:27It's Miss Crawford and Mr. Tree.
35:29We're Maverick's partners.
35:30Maybe you didn't see what happened to Maverick.
35:34But we did.
35:35That's why we're here.
35:37Maybe you better listen to what I've got to say.
35:39You've got nothing to say, mister.
35:43These are bills of sale for equipment that Maverick had shipped here.
35:47He won't be using it.
35:49You don't know Maverick.
35:51He won't quit.
35:52He just did, a little while ago.
35:54Would you like to bet on that, Mr. Riggs?
35:59My dear Mr. Riggs, we don't wish to put you out of business.
36:02But if we stay lined up with Mr. Maverick, I'm afraid you might find that you are.
36:06Exactly.
36:09We have the money to buy, well, all the help Maverick will need, if it comes to a fight.
36:17What's your deal?
36:20We'll sell the equipment to you.
36:21Well, that is small profit to us.
36:25Let me see if the bill's a sale.
36:31He paid $9,000.
36:33We're willing to let you have it for $20,000.
36:38Some dick's got a joker missing.
36:40Well, Mr. Riggs, without equipment or money, Mr. Maverick won't have a chance.
36:45But with it, I'm afraid he won't quit till he runs you out of business.
36:49You seem pretty sure of Maverick.
36:53What'll you tell him in case I accept your offer?
36:56We don't have to tell him anything.
36:57You'll be out in the cold without knowing how he got there.
37:00I could fight you.
37:02But I'm willing to go the easy way.
37:04I always wanted to get big in with this equipment.
37:06I can do it.
37:08But not for $20,000 or even $5,000.
37:11But I'll give you 10% of the golden bucket for the next three years.
37:15That could come to twice what you're asking.
37:20Put that in writing.
37:21I will.
37:23As soon as you sign these bills a sale over to me.
37:26Suppose we both start writing at the same time.
37:29Good evening, partners.
37:41Nice to see you, Mr. Cross.
37:46I imagine you know your daughter and I have already met.
37:51Gee, it must be nice to have dear old Dad back again.
37:54Quite a relief to be out of the penitentiary, huh?
37:57All right, Maverick.
37:58So you know the story.
37:59I knew it all along.
38:01I'm not likely to forget a man who lost $50,000 to me.
38:05And somehow you just don't seem like the type to have a lovely daughter like Samantha.
38:10So what are you going to do about it?
38:13Well, I could knock your head off.
38:18But then what be the use?
38:20No, I'm perfectly happy just being a partner.
38:23But you're not.
38:25That true, Samantha?
38:26I'm afraid so, Brad.
38:30You know, Samantha, it's kind of hard keeping track of you.
38:35You made a deal with Riggs, huh?
38:38Kind of thought so when I saw you coming out of his office.
38:41I waited a long time to get even with you and I did it.
38:44Nobody ever cheated me and got away with it.
38:47And nobody ever called me a cheat and got away with it.
38:49Well, what next?
38:57Brad, there's nothing you can do.
38:59We bought in with Riggs and we didn't steal anything from you.
39:02I guess that's true.
39:05I don't think I could tell anybody that you stole that equipment from me.
39:10Well, hardly.
39:11It was my money that bought it.
39:13Right again.
39:15Samantha, you just proved something my old Pappy used to tell me.
39:19Man's the only animal you can skin more than once.
39:26Good night.
39:28Parker.
39:28I waited a long time for this.
39:34It was worth it.
39:37I wonder what he'll do now.
39:39Well, I hope he goes into Riggs' place and gets his brains beat out.
39:43What's the matter, Samantha?
39:44You got a soft spot for him?
39:57Wilbert?
39:57Whipsawed, Mike.
39:59Ten ways from Sunday.
40:00They're sneaking double-crossers.
40:01Whipsawed, but not licked.
40:03Oh, you said something this evening that interested me.
40:05When I called you a fool?
40:06Among other things.
40:07Do you think you could walk into Riggs' place and get away with it?
40:10I could?
40:11Why?
40:12What if Mike and I walked in with you?
40:15I'll be at the wake.
40:16Let's go, Mark.
40:17Now, what are you going to do?
40:19Now, I don't mind a nice play, Chris.
40:20This is playing foolishness walking into his little arm.
40:22What's the matter?
40:23All right.
40:24I'm going to hang it three to one on that one.
40:38I'll take four.
40:39You got it.
40:40You're a little wintertime.
40:42You want it?
40:43Here you go.
40:44I don't know, Mark.
40:45That's the one I want.
40:46I'm going to hang it on.
40:48I don't mind.
40:48I don't know, Mark.
40:56Tomorrow's another day.
41:00Evening, Joe.
41:04Outside, you two.
41:05Take it easy, Riggs.
41:07I just came in for a friendly game of blackjack.
41:09You can't object to that.
41:10I do.
41:20Hold on.
41:21This here is a friend of mine.
41:23Boys, can a friend of mine play if he wants to?
41:26You better have a great game.
41:27Why don't you want me to play, Riggs?
41:34Well?
41:38Go ahead.
41:38I don't mind using the same deck.
41:52We'll break into one.
41:53We'll use the same one.
41:55If it was all right for these gentlemen, it's all right for me.
41:58Sure enough.
41:59That's right.
42:00Go ahead, D.
42:01Well, now, let's see.
42:17I got a 10 and a 6.
42:20Ordinarily, I'd stand on 16.
42:23Since that top card's a 5 or under, I'll take it.
42:28Go ahead and deal it, Riggs.
42:29What are you trying to do?
42:31Show you up for a crook.
42:35Face card.
42:36Between the 6 and the 9.
42:38Face card.
42:405 or under.
42:41Now, don't feel too bad, gentlemen.
42:50Mr. Riggs uses only the newest and best marked cards.
42:53You could study them for a week and not find anything if you didn't know what to look for.
42:58Now, let's take a look at the Faro setup.
43:00Or do we have to?
43:02And that roulette.
43:04How much did you pay for that rigged roulette wheel?
43:06All right, move it.
43:29Over there.
43:29You know, I remember a crooked place in New Orleans.
43:41You know what happened to it?
43:43The customer smashed it.
43:44To bits.
43:45To bits.
43:45To bits.
44:10To bits.
44:12Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it!
44:31Now, hold it, gentlemen.
44:33I could have killed him before, if that's what I wanted.
44:35Just turn him over to us, that's all.
44:37Then I'd have to turn you over to the sheriff.
44:39Now, go on home, man.
44:41Riggs is through short card and second deal in you.
44:43Go on.
44:45Let's go, boys.
44:45Fund's over.
44:49Yeah, President, there's a sample, the equipment.
44:53Let's sign over to me.
44:55I know, Riggs.
44:56The stuff's yours.
44:57But you won't be doing anything with them.
44:59Not anywhere west of the Mississippi when this story gets around.
45:02Hold on, now.
45:03I never thought I'd live to see an honest gambler, and I did.
45:07I guess I owe you something for this, son.
45:10Joe, I'll buy those bills of sale from you.
45:14I'll give you $2,000.
45:15It's all the money I got in the world.
45:17They're worth nine.
45:18They ain't worth a brass cent to you.
45:20You'll take the $2,000.
45:22I'll meet you at the bank in the morning and give you the money.
45:28What are you going to do with that equipment, Ma?
45:30I'm going to start an honest place.
45:32You want a job, don't you?
45:33Well, I can't run a gambling place by myself.
45:39Mike will help you, Ma.
45:40He's the expert.
45:41You got anything better to do?
45:44No.
45:44I don't know what kind of a cut Riggs gave you, but whatever it was, chalk it up to profit and loss.
45:56I sure wish you'd stay.
46:26Mike will take care of you, Ma.
46:28Mike says you need $5,000 real bad.
46:32Does he?
46:34I think you earned all that and a whole lot more.
46:38So as soon as I've got that much to spare, where shall I send it?
46:42To a couple of New Orleans ship owners by the name of Bledsoe and Hayes.
46:45Mike's got the address.
46:47And thanks, Ma.
46:48Have you got enough money right now?
46:50Well, thanks.
46:52I've got just enough.
46:56Allow me.
47:03Excuse me.
47:06Take care of my girl, Mike.
47:08Hitta!
47:12Hitta!
47:17Hitta!
47:18Hitta!
47:18It's a long way to Kansas City.
47:44My car deals.
47:48Seven of clubs.
47:59Ten of duns.
48:01Ten of hearts.
48:03Ace of spades.
48:04Ace of spades.
48:10The End
48:40The End
49:10The End
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