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Bret Maverick goes on a long hunt after a dying outlaw's request to clear a man wrongfully accused and convicted of a bank robbery.
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00:00There's an innocent man serving life for that job, and you're gonna get him out.
00:07I wouldn't try.
00:30From the entertainment capital of the world, produced for television by Warner Brothers.
01:00My name's Maverick, named after my pappy.
01:20He's the man who said, hell has no fury like a man who loses with four of a kind.
01:25One of these friendly fellas had the four of a kind.
01:30Where'd that shot come from?
01:51Get out of here.
02:07Oh, easy, easy.
02:24You wouldn't want to go shooting me now, would you, after I saved your life?
02:31I'm sorry.
02:33They left me just a wee bit nervous.
02:35Where'd you drop from?
02:37Nice little ledge about ten feet up.
02:40I was there waiting for the stage.
02:41Lucky for you.
02:43Yes, indeed.
02:44You look kind of beat.
02:47Here, take a pull on this.
02:48Well, thanks.
02:59That's a funny place to wait for a stage.
03:01As good as any.
03:03You know, I'm kind of glad you came along.
03:06Of course, I could have handled this job by myself, but it's a lot more fun with two.
03:10Job?
03:11Hold up the stage.
03:13Oh, you want a smoke?
03:14Here.
03:15Thanks.
03:16You know, when I was a boy, I always wanted to rob a stage.
03:20Somehow or another, I never got around to it.
03:22I hope this is not going to be too big a disappointment to you, but I'm just an ordinary law-abiding citizen.
03:31Aw.
03:32What were you doing teasing that posse, then?
03:34It wasn't a posse, friend.
03:37That was a parcel of very disappointed poker players.
03:40One of the hazards of my professions, Mr.
03:43Dolan.
03:44Lefty Dolan.
03:45I'm Brett Maverick.
03:46Well, I am disappointed, Mr. Maverick.
03:50Here I figured you'd at least robbed a bank or something.
03:52Turns out you're only a tin-horned gambler.
03:55Well, we can't all rob banks.
03:57That's true enough.
03:59Our society is unevenly divided between the criminal and non-criminal classes.
04:04Me?
04:05I'm about as uneven as you can get.
04:09Any criticisms, Mr. Maverick?
04:11Nope.
04:11I never criticize a man who saved my life.
04:15And I never rob a man whose life I saved.
04:18Even when I know he's carrying the winnings of a big poker match.
04:23And I don't even own a horse.
04:25Neither do I now.
04:27Own a horse.
04:29I still have the winnings.
04:31Would you mind if I made a suggestion?
04:33Let me make it.
04:36Half of the money I've got's yours.
04:37You've earned it.
04:39Nah, that's no good either.
04:41Tell you what.
04:44You stake me to $30 cash.
04:47With the promise of a good horse and a new outfit at the end of the line.
04:50And I'll buy my passage on that stage like a good citizen.
04:53Mr. Dolan, you've got yourself a deal.
04:56And I hope I bring you as much luck as you've brought me.
05:02I don't bring many people luck, Mr. Maverick.
05:04I don't bring many people back in my life.
05:08Let's go.
05:25Ho, ho!
05:29Gents, if you're holding me up, you're sure going to be disappointed.
05:33Us holding you up? Do we look like road agents?
05:36Well, who don't?
05:38See, I've been robbed on this run so many times, half the time I'm driving empty.
05:43Just like right now. Nobody's aboard and ain't nothing for you to take.
05:47Well, it never entered our heads. We just want to buy passage is all.
05:52You mean, you mean paying customers?
05:55Well, sure, of course. Get in. Yes, sirree. This will be a pleasure.
06:03Yes, sirree. Company by Jingle. Get right in there.
06:09Ha!
06:15Hi-ya! Hi-ya!
06:29Armed men up ahead. Looks like another hold-up. Keep going!
06:39I can't afford to get killed. I'm running for mayor next month.
06:42Talk about luck. This could have been us holding us up.
06:46You wouldn't have got anything. Nobody would be in here.
06:53Ho, ho!
06:57There goes my new horse and outfit.
07:00As soon as we stop, you step outside. You're alone, see?
07:02Why take the chance?
07:03Step outside.
07:08Ho!
07:09You're the only passenger?
07:19Afraid so.
07:20Slim pickings.
07:22Well, not so slim.
07:24Carrying enough money for six men.
07:26Matter of fact, they used to belong to six men.
07:28Thief or gambler?
07:30Gambler.
07:31Well, your luck's run out.
07:33Drop your gun belt.
07:39Take a look in the coach.
07:53Driver, you got some rope?
07:55Yes, sir!
07:57Well, come down here and tie him up.
07:59He may be mayor yet.
08:09Good thing we didn't hold it up, huh, Maverick?
08:16Now, look what happened.
08:17Might be I'll get you to the doctor.
08:20Horses don't run that fast.
08:25Maverick.
08:27I hate to remind you of this, but...
08:29I saved your hide this morning.
08:30You did that.
08:32Now, you gotta do something for me.
08:36Surest thing you know, but don't talk now.
08:38I...
08:39I got to.
08:41Something I gotta do.
08:44Five years ago.
08:45Dry Springs, Arizona.
08:48Four of us robbed a bank.
08:50Yeah, Lumpy?
08:52The bank teller was killed.
08:56A little while later, a man was arrested.
09:00Convicted.
09:03An innocent man.
09:06Mistaken for me.
09:10I did a lot of rotten things in my life.
09:13But this is the only one I could never forget.
09:18Prison for life, because he looked like me.
09:20Driver, get in here quick.
09:21I want you to hear something.
09:23What was his name?
09:26Ferris.
09:27Jed Ferris.
09:28Now...
09:30I never saw him.
09:32But I want you to promise me you'll get him out.
09:36Promise.
09:38I'll do what I can, Lefty.
09:42Who was with you?
09:46Don't ask questions like that at a time like this.
09:52What do you want me to hear, mister?
09:55It doesn't matter now.
09:56It doesn't matter now.
10:06I'll do what I can.
10:08That's what I told Lefty before he died.
10:10But what could I do?
10:12Nothing.
10:14That's what I kept telling myself.
10:16You betting?
10:18But Lefty Dolan, wherever he was now,
10:21kept telling me different.
10:23He's out.
10:25What do you got?
10:27My openness is all.
10:29Two kings.
10:31My two little pair takes it.
10:35You took two cards.
10:37Only a kicker, huh?
10:39No.
10:40Three nines.
10:42Three nines.
10:46Poker, my friend, is a game that requires concentration.
10:50Oh, do stick around.
10:53Sorry.
10:54Something I gotta do before I go broke.
11:00It was a long time later that I paid a visit to Jed Ferris.
11:04And in the meantime, I really had done all I could do.
11:07All anybody could do.
11:14Ferris?
11:15Jed Ferris?
11:16Yeah, that's me.
11:18Who are you?
11:19I'm Brett Maverick.
11:25Well, Mr. Maverick.
11:27Since you've come to see me and I've never heard of you,
11:29you must be bringing news.
11:31Bad as usual?
11:33Well, I wish I could say you were wrong, but...
11:36Well, in a way you are.
11:38It's just that I know you're innocent, but I can't prove it.
11:41Mr. Maverick.
11:43Four reputable citizens swore they saw me in that bank.
11:46Now, how do you know I'm innocent?
11:48Because I was told so.
11:50But the man you were mistaken for just before he died.
11:53But that changes everything.
11:55If this is what I've dreamed of, they've got to let me out of here now.
11:59The word of a dead man just doesn't seem to count.
12:01I found that out.
12:03And why did you come here?
12:05Just to torture me with a moment's hope?
12:07Oh, I'm sorry I came.
12:09I was just trying to keep a promise to the man that told me the story.
12:14Friend of yours, I suppose.
12:16I only met him once.
12:20You know, I've always wondered about him.
12:23Did he really look like me?
12:26No.
12:27He's not as tall as you are, for one thing.
12:30A man holding a gun always looks tall.
12:34And he was left-handed, and so am I.
12:37A newcomer in town.
12:39That's enough to hang anybody.
12:42If they'd nearly hanged me,
12:44the territorial governor commuted to life and lost a lot of friends.
12:48Maybe that explains why he almost threw me out of his office.
12:53You... you've been to the governor?
12:55Among others.
12:56Ferris.
12:58Ferris, I'm sorry I came here.
12:59I can just see that it makes things worse.
13:03No, no.
13:05I'm glad you did.
13:07I...
13:08I know now I'll never get out, but...
13:11there's somebody who knows.
13:14Not just has faith, but...
13:16knows I'm innocent.
13:18You... you can't guess what that means.
13:20I can imagine.
13:21No, no.
13:22I don't think you can.
13:25You see, nobody saw me that day.
13:26I was out mending fence.
13:28I...
13:30sometimes wonder if even my wife is really sure.
13:37Well, you've gone to a lot of trouble for me, a stranger.
13:40Well, I try to do what I can.
13:42I guess I better go.
13:44Wait a minute.
13:46Would you mind doing just one thing more?
13:51Sure.
13:53Would you... would you call on my wife?
13:56She's still in Dry Springs.
13:58That little ranch is all we had, and there were no buyers.
14:01I'd be mightily obliged if you'd give her a message.
14:05Well, sure.
14:07I'll tell her all about it.
14:08No, that's just what I don't want you to do.
14:10What?
14:11I want you to say just one thing.
14:12This.
14:13Mrs. Ferris, your husband has not changed his mind.
14:16And he wants you to go ahead and do exactly what he told you to do.
14:19He won't take no for an answer.
14:22You got that, Maverick?
14:24That's all?
14:26That's all.
14:28You don't want me to tell her that I know you're innocent?
14:31I'd like your word you won't do that.
14:34All right, if that's the way you want it.
14:39Yeah, that's the way I want it.
14:43Thank you, Mr. Maverick.
14:57So, there I was.
14:59Playing good Samaritan again.
15:01This time, it had to be the end.
15:04But I still had an uneasy feeling that Lefty Dolan was sitting on a silver cloud somewhere, pulling strings.
15:10Oh, howdy, stranger. You looking for Miss Ferris?
15:14Yes, I am.
15:15Should be back soon. She's taking a little walk with her paw. He's kind of poorly. Want to wait?
15:21Well, I guess I'll have to.
15:23My name is Brent Maverick.
15:25Ben Maxwell. I own the rock and star spread just north of here.
15:28Say, mind giving a hand with this board?
15:30Why, sure.
15:32The whole place is practically falling down. She and her paw can't take care of it, seeing as how he's sick and all.
15:37But you're being quite a help.
15:39Well, somebody has to. Are you a friend of Martha's?
15:41No, I'm just delivering a message.
15:43Well, you can leave it with me if you like.
15:45That's kind of personal.
15:47Oh.
15:49Oh, howdy, Martha.
15:50Look what I got for you. Mysterious stranger, name of Maverick. Bearing a message.
16:03You're for feeling better?
16:05Yes, he's lying down. How do you do, Mr. Maverick? I'm Martha Ferris.
16:10You have a message? Is it from my husband?
16:15Well, yes, ma'am. Something he wanted me to tell you.
16:18Won't you come into the house?
16:20I'll tie your horse for you.
16:21I'll fix you some coffee, and you must stay for supper.
16:24Well, I don't think I have time to stay for supper, but coffee sure sounds fine.
16:34Sit down, Mr. Maverick. I've got some right on the stove.
16:41You like cream and sugar?
16:42No, ma'am. Hot and black.
16:47Just right.
16:52Won't you sit down?
17:00How is Chet? They don't let me see him as often as I'd like.
17:04Well, he looked just fine to me.
17:06Is there any news, any hope of his getting out?
17:09I'm afraid there isn't.
17:17Fine.
17:20I thought that might be the message.
17:23No, ma'am.
17:25He asked me to tell you this.
17:27He hasn't changed his mind,
17:30and he wants you to go right ahead and do exactly what he told you to do.
17:34And he won't take no for an answer.
17:40That was all?
17:41Yes, ma'am.
17:42Thank you, Mr. Maverick, very much.
17:46I wish it could have been better news.
17:47Forgive me for asking, but...
17:49Well, anything to do with my husband is terribly important to me.
17:52Do you know him well?
17:53No, I only met him once.
17:55Just once, and he gave you that message?
17:57No.
17:59No.
18:01No.
18:02No.
18:03No.
18:04No.
18:05No.
18:06No.
18:07No.
18:08No.
18:09No.
18:10No.
18:11No.
18:12No.
18:13No.
18:14No.
18:15No.
18:16No.
18:17No.
18:18No.
18:19No.
18:21No.
18:22English.
18:23I don't understand.
18:25I mean, well, were you in prison with him?
18:29No, ma'am.
18:30Well, then you must have visited him.
18:33You must have had a reason.
18:35They don't let just any...
18:37Well...
18:39See, they think he's a murderer.
18:44Why did you visit him, Mr. Maverick?
18:47I can't tell you that, ma'am.
18:48you know something about this case don't you very little but you do know something
18:56please tell me is there any hope for it i told you i'm afraid there isn't but he's innocent
19:07you know he's innocent don't you i just feel it but you know it
19:15mrs ferris
19:21i'm afraid there's nothing more i can say i've given you the message did he tell you what it means
19:28no
19:29well then i'll tell you
19:33he wants me to get a divorce and remarry
19:41i can understand that he he's in prison for life can't look after you anymore
19:50it's the last thing he could do for you and the last thing that you could do for him
19:56i won't do it
20:00someday they'll find out the truth and he'll be free mrs ferris i wouldn't wait for that
20:07i'm going to wait i'm sorry goodbye
20:18maverick
20:34you uh got news of ferris well i told you it was personal oh no i didn't mean to pry
20:45into that i was just hoping that you had news about him getting out maybe you're hoping well
20:49well let's see on the way i'll never stand a chance with her long as he's in prison she'll never turn her back on him
20:55well i think you're right on that last point anyhow
20:57i know i'm right i know her real well by now this is worse than fighting a ghost but if he got let out
21:04well he's only human i might have a better chance against him then
21:08i'd call it a pretty slim chance yeah they'll never let him out whole world knows he's guilty
21:13well no no he's not guilty what but four people saw him they were wrong it's happened before
21:20what makes you so sure well i can't say but it doesn't make any difference i can't do anything
21:27about it that's that's too bad you move around a lot don't you quite a lot well if you ever hear
21:34anything and there's anything i can ever do to help jed ferris get out of prison remember me
21:39ben maxwell will you do that i'll do that right oh before you go would you help me place this timber
21:45sure thing
21:50well i got away from there with nothing worse than a broken arm but i was wondering if the ghost of
22:11lefty dolan hadn't hit me with that board just for thinking i'd done enough to settle our account
22:16because lefty wasn't going to let me forget that promise two months later two hundred miles away
22:25he nudged me again as sharp as if he'd been sitting by my side
22:31three feet
22:34john i'm busted jams holding my freight sorry to hear that anybody else care to sit in i'll take a whirl
22:42five hundred assorted colors everybody gets his chance here shuffle and deal then if i lose i can't complain
22:52oh you can complain all right just won't do you any good
22:55yeah like the bank robber said to the cashier
22:59hey rex look at that left-handed deal
23:09i remind you of anyone yeah only go and dealt him faster
23:16here he was again lefty dolan both these men had known him maybe the whole story it looked like he was out to haunt me for the rest of my life
23:26i had to have a little private talk with these boys
23:30and i figured i'd get farther if i got one of them alone
23:33but that wasn't easy to arrange
23:35they were partners sharing the same hotel room
23:37and they were leaving town in the morning
23:39i had to separate them
23:41now
23:43i'll take three cards
23:48four hours later came the crucial hand
23:50the game was stud
23:52on the last round dealt only rex whitey and i were left
23:57rex had two tens showing
24:01whitey had a pair of eights
24:04i had two queens
24:07three pairs showing
24:08not bad for a round of stud
24:11i'd been playing poker with rex for a week
24:14and i was sure of one thing
24:16from the way he had bet the hand so far
24:19he wasn't bluffing he had the third ten
24:23and i was equally sure of whitey
24:25he had the third eight
24:28and the thing i was surest about of all
24:31was that i had the third queen
24:33that made it my pot
24:35but i didn't want to win it
24:37they might both quit and go home
24:39and i'd have no chance for a nice private chat about lefty dolan
24:42and yet
24:43if i just dropped out
24:45then rex would take the pot
24:47after i'd been working all night to bust him
24:50i would put him back in business
24:51the game might go on till morning
24:53somehow i had to throw the pot to whitey
24:58who had the weakest hand of all
25:04i'll check it to you rex
25:05you're being real cute aren't you
25:08trying to make me believe you got that third queen
25:11you know something i don't think you have
25:13i know i got three tenths
25:15so i'll just bet two hundred dollars
25:18you're a real good bluffer rex
25:20one of the best
25:22think so
25:23i think so
25:24i think so
25:25what do you think whitey
25:26i think so too
25:29i'll just see that
25:31raises another two hundred
25:38well come on come on
25:40better drop
25:41and if you bet
25:42better have the right hold card
25:44oh i have rex
25:45what'd you think
25:46there's your two hundred rex
25:49and there's yours whiting
25:51and i think i'll just raise it
25:55two hundred more
25:57as you say
25:59better drop
26:01it's gonna cost you four hundred dollars to see my third queen
26:05it's gonna cost you four hundred dollars to see my third queen
26:08i can see you don't have that much
26:11i'll take your iou
26:13but i'd really rather not
26:15why don't you just forget it while you still got enough for breakfast
26:18you got more luck than sixteen irishmen in a shamrock field on saint patrick's day
26:23you've been catching big cards all night
26:26true
26:27i'm out
26:32well whitey
26:35let's not be greedy
26:37a lot of money in that pot
26:39what do you say we split it
26:41this was a critical moment
26:45if he dropped two i'd won a pot
26:47and lost the game i was after
26:57split it
26:58you wouldn't offer to split it if you had that third queen
27:01i'll just see you mister right now
27:04you got that third eight
27:08bet i have
27:12you got that third queen
27:14no just two pair
27:16thought you trying to run one on me
27:18bluffing
27:20great jump into your hose of that night dropped
27:23that should have been my pot
27:24not you with your lousy eights
27:26poker's a fascinating game don't you think
27:29fascinating
27:31like fat ass fanny's eyeball
27:32ha ha ha ha
27:37catch me in and keep the change
27:42uh
27:43gentlemen i think it's my deal
27:44poker
27:45ha ha ha
27:57unless you're fannie davenport with ten thousand dollars in each hand you can fly away
28:02Unless you're Fanny Davenport with $10,000 in each hand,
28:09you can fly away.
28:12Who are you?
28:14Mind if I talk to you, Rex?
28:16You're cock-eyed right, I mind.
28:18You cost me $800 tonight.
28:21Luck of the game, lad.
28:23You mentioned a friend of mine early in the evening.
28:26Lefty Dolan.
28:27Friend of yours? Since when?
28:30Oh, about six months ago.
28:32Pulled a little job together.
28:34Wyoming stage. Nothing big.
28:37Just two passengers on board, and one of them was broke.
28:41Well, it wasn't that bad.
28:43The other man had $1,400 on him.
28:45Oh, that's better.
28:47But there was a little mix-up.
28:49When we left, when there was a bit of shooting,
28:51we went different directions.
28:52I've been looking for Lefty ever since
28:54to see if I'd give him his part of the tape.
28:58How's that again?
28:59Well, you see, I got it all.
29:01Well, $700 of that belongs to him.
29:04So I was hoping maybe you could tell me something about him.
29:07I can't tell you where he is.
29:09You can? Where?
29:12Dead and buried.
29:13No.
29:15In fact, he died in my arms.
29:18Is that so?
29:20How'd it happen?
29:22Uh, he caught a bullet.
29:24Well, what do you know about that?
29:28He told me all about you before he died,
29:29and you know something?
29:30He owed me some money,
29:32and he made me his heir.
29:33He did?
29:35Yeah, he made a verbal will,
29:36leaving me everything.
29:38Of course, it wasn't enough to cover what he owed me,
29:40but everything helps.
29:42So you can give me that $700.
29:44Well, that's a terrible shame
29:47that they don't recognize verbal wills in Wyoming.
29:52Yeah.
29:54Well, it was worth a try.
29:56Sure it was.
29:58Have a drink.
29:59I don't mind if I do.
30:18Poor old Lefty.
30:19Oh, yeah.
30:21Too bad he had to get it in a two-bit stage hack
30:23after all the high-grade stuff he pulled.
30:26Oh, yeah.
30:26He's been in some big operations, all right.
30:29You know, he told me about that little Dry Springs fracas.
30:33Made $10,000 apiece on that one.
30:36How long did he think you'd lose it?
30:38Oh, about three minutes.
30:42And what was that you said?
30:44You know, that little dust-up at Dry Springs
30:46a few years back.
30:48The one with Lefty Dolan and Whitey.
30:53You know, I don't think I know
30:55what you're talking about, mister.
30:57Oh, I think you do.
30:59There's a man serving life in prison for that job
31:02and you're going to get him out.
31:05I wouldn't try that.
31:06Don't try anything, son.
31:34We got a lot more hardware than you have.
31:38Whitey's getting away.
31:40Just don't you try to get away.
31:43That man's dead.
31:44You shoot him?
31:45No.
31:47The gun's still hot.
31:49All right, so I did some shooting.
31:50I had to.
31:51The man who started it's getting further away every minute.
31:52Well, now, don't you worry, son.
31:54We'll take care of him soon enough if he needs it.
31:56Look, you've got to get a posse and start after him right now.
31:58And you'll go along with them.
32:00You bet I will.
32:01And then just fade away into the dark like smoke, huh?
32:04Nothing of the kind.
32:06Look, are you the sheriff?
32:07No.
32:09But I think like he does.
32:10Come on, boy.
32:11Let's go.
32:11Why did you go there?
32:26Well, because I'm a stupid idiot who doesn't know enough to mind his own business.
32:31But I didn't kill Rex.
32:32Yeah?
32:34How do you know?
32:35How do I know?
32:37It was dark, wasn't it?
32:38The lamp was shot out.
32:40Bullets from three guns were buzzing around like bees.
32:43Is that the way it was?
32:45Yes.
32:49Your gun's a .45.
32:51So's the dead man.
32:53And he was killed with a .45.
32:56Suppose I was to tell you that the third gun, this whitey's, was a .38.
33:06Well, I'd say I killed him.
33:14But he was shooting at me.
33:16Even break, huh?
33:17Sure.
33:18Well, no, not exactly.
33:20Well, never buying that.
33:21It doesn't matter.
33:22Because the third gun wasn't a .38.
33:25What?
33:26I was just supposing that, remember?
33:29No.
33:29All the bullets and the gun were the same.
33:33Forty-five.
33:39Well, then, maybe one of them was Whitey's bullet.
33:42That's right.
33:43But there's no way known for sure.
33:44You don't know yourself.
33:47I never saw a case just like this before.
33:50The jury wouldn't know what to do.
33:52They'd have to quit you both.
33:54So what's the use of arresting anybody?
33:57And I ain't gonna go looking for Whitey.
33:59Nor holding you.
34:14Young man, will you do one thing for me?
34:20Oh, I guess so.
34:21What is it?
34:23Get out of town, will you?
34:24Well, it's really embarrassing having you around.
34:42I rode south, straight toward the Mexican border.
34:46Because that's the way Whitey had gone, six hours ahead of me.
34:49I figured that's the way Lefty Dolan would have wanted it.
34:56Whitey was an easy man to follow, with that white hair and that young face.
35:00Somebody always remembered seeing him.
35:03Then, one day's ride from the border, and with night coming on,
35:07I recognized the country I was in.
35:10And I knew where I could find help.
35:11Hello, Maxwell.
35:21Remember me, Maverick.
35:22Oh, I sure do.
35:23Come in, come in.
35:26You still want to get Jed Ferris out of prison?
35:28Oh, more than ever.
35:29I'm trailing one of the men who robbed that bank.
35:31A man called Whitey.
35:32Tall, thin, white hair, young face, riding a red roan.
35:36He's making his way to the Mexican border.
35:37He's a few hours ahead of me.
35:38If he gets there before...
35:39That won't make a bit of difference.
35:40I'll have my men on the trail by sunup.
35:42We'll bring him back, no matter what side of the border he's on.
35:43Oh, good.
35:45Say, do you mind if I sit down for a while on something that doesn't move?
35:49Oh, you must be pretty tuckered.
35:51Why don't you sleep here tonight?
35:52Accepted.
35:53Hey, before you get too relaxed...
35:56Oh, I hate to suggest any more riding, but Martha's...
36:00What about Martha?
36:01We buried her father three days ago, and she's feeling awful low.
36:04This news of yours would sure perk her up.
36:06Might let her down later on.
36:08No, no.
36:09She needs to hear something good right now.
36:12And we'll bring him back.
36:14When he gets to Mexico, he'll feel safe.
36:16Then's when we'll take him.
36:18Yeah, maybe you're right.
36:20I know I am.
36:22You know, hearing what you've got to say will be a big help to her right now when she needs it most.
36:26Well, I guess a few more miles won't hurt me.
36:29I'd like to be there when you tell her, but I've got to start getting things ready here.
36:32I'll be back in an hour.
36:33Good.
36:33Good.
36:33Good.
36:38Say, I sure do wish there was someone there with her.
36:42She's all alone except for a housekeeper about 90 years old.
36:45You're not worried about Whitey.
36:46I doubt if he'd stop around here anywhere.
36:48But he might.
36:49Looking for food or a change of mount.
36:51Well, maybe you're right again.
36:53I'll sleep in her bar and I'll be back at sunup.
36:55I'll have everything ready.
36:55What I ought to do is gun you down.
37:25Give myself a flesh wound.
37:26Be a big hero.
37:28Oh, Ben, you wouldn't do that after I come all this way to warn you.
37:30I didn't need warning.
37:31I know all about Maverick.
37:33Met him months ago.
37:33Got him on my side.
37:34Well, how was I to know that?
37:36No way.
37:36But you knew he was trailing you.
37:38So you lead him right to me.
37:39Smart.
37:40Was all I could do to get him out of here.
37:41Now you've got to beat it.
37:43Well, sure, Ben.
37:44I'll head for the border.
37:45No, you idiot.
37:46That's the direction he'll be looking come daylight.
37:47Or I'll be looking, too, with my men.
37:49You ride straight north.
37:51That's one direction he won't look.
37:52I'll get started.
37:55Wait a minute.
38:00There's a light in the bunkhouse.
38:01Some curious cowpoke wondering who's up at this hour.
38:06We'll do to be seen leaving.
38:08Better wait till midnight.
38:09They'll all be snoring by then.
38:10Miss Ferris?
38:27I know it's a little late for a visit, but...
38:29Mr. Maverick, I'm sorry.
38:32Come in.
38:33I didn't mean to startle you, but...
38:37Well, both Ben Maxwell and I felt that there were some things you ought to know tonight.
38:44Teresa, would you make us some coffee?
38:51Won't you sit down?
38:52You've seen Jed again, haven't you?
39:01Well, no, ma'am, I haven't.
39:03But there's a chance, if things work out right, that we'll all be seeing him very soon.
39:08If things work out right.
39:10Well, tell me what happened.
39:11Well, I ran into two of the men who helped rob the bank.
39:17One of them is dead now, and the other's trying to get across the border.
39:20But Ben will have his men on the trail at dawn, and I think we'll bring him in.
39:27Thank God.
39:30I knew I was right, never to stop hoping.
39:35Thank you, Mr. Maverick, very much for coming and telling me.
39:40I just hope it works.
39:41It will, I know it will.
39:45I guess you know that Ben Maxwell's in love with you.
39:52Yes, but I've told him I'd never marry him.
39:56How long have you known him?
39:59Five years, ever since the trial.
40:02The trial?
40:04Didn't he live here before then?
40:06No.
40:08Why, what's wrong?
40:09Oh, Maxwell was going out of his way to get me out of his place tonight.
40:16I just felt that he'd want to come here and tell you the news and what he was going to do about it.
40:22But he insisted that I do it.
40:25That just doesn't fit.
40:26He first showed up here at Jed's trial.
40:32Well, a lot of people came to the trial.
40:35But, well, Ben was there every day.
40:38He told me later that he kept coming there because he'd fallen in love with me.
40:42He said that was the reason he bought the ranch next to mine.
40:44Just a stranger passing through.
40:47No, he came here looking for ranch property.
40:51And dropped in at the trial and fell in love with you.
40:55He is in love with me.
40:58I've never wanted it, but I know that it's real.
41:01I believe it is, too.
41:05Would you know how much he paid for that ranch?
41:08Well, yes, we all knew the price that they were asking.
41:11Ten thousand.
41:13Ten thousand.
41:19The men who robbed that bank,
41:23were they wearing anything to cover their faces?
41:27Yes, they wore bandanas.
41:30One man's fell off.
41:32The left-handed man Jed was mistaken for.
41:35Of course.
41:37It fits.
41:38It all fits.
41:40What are you talking about?
41:42Of the four men who robbed that bank,
41:43I found three of them.
41:45Now, what happened to the fourth man?
41:48I can tell you what might have happened.
41:51When a man was arrested and brought to trial for that robbery,
41:56the fourth man came back to see the trial.
42:00Maybe to see how he stood or just out of curiosity,
42:03but he came back.
42:04Now, he knew he was safe because no one had seen his face.
42:10Whatever his plans were, he changed them.
42:13Seeing a face like yours has changed the plans of a lot of men.
42:17No, it's not true.
42:19No, it's not true.
42:20It can't be.
42:21Why, it's just suspicion.
42:24No.
42:26Because Whitey wasn't headed for the border at all.
42:29He was leading me straight to the fourth man.
42:32Ben Maxwell.
42:33All right.
42:42Nobody's stirring.
42:43Time for you to get out of here.
42:45Wait.
42:46Turn off the lamp.
42:47Are you sure no one saw you putting your horse in the barn?
42:53Yeah.
42:53I'd take him out quiet.
42:55Walk him out of earshot.
42:56When I set my men looking for you in the morning,
42:58I don't want anyone wondering if I had a visitor outside of Maverick tonight.
43:01Take it easy, Whitey.
43:26Don't look so scared.
43:28All you have to do is write your name on a piece of paper.
43:30That's all I want from you.
43:33Sign your name under the writing.
43:35What'd you say?
43:37Oh, just tell the truth about the little bank robbery.
43:39Back about five years.
43:41And it clears Jed Ferris.
43:43You push me right in the middle of him?
43:44That's right.
43:45Now, what'd make you think I'd sign that?
43:47Well, so you can get on your horse and ride over the border.
43:51I ain't signing nothing.
43:52They'll never prove that job on me.
43:54Maybe not.
43:56Oh, but there's another matter.
43:58Your friend Rex died, you know.
44:00I never killed Rex.
44:01Oh, yes, you did.
44:02Who's going to prove that you were shooting, too?
44:04But I was using a .38.
44:05Rex was killed with a .45.
44:07At least that's what the sheriff said.
44:09That's why he let me go and he's looking for you.
44:12It's a .45 you're holding, man.
44:13It's a different gun.
44:15Sheriff took the other one.
44:16Part of the evidence.
44:17And I've got the rest of it right here.
44:20Your gun and you.
44:23You know, there's two sheriffs looking for you, Whitey.
44:27Mrs. Ferris is on her way here right now with a local one.
44:30So you haven't got much time.
44:35Give me the paper.
44:35Hunker down in that corner over there before you strike that match.
44:51Now, you forget about the matches.
45:16I'll tell you what it says.
45:17I, the undersigned, helped rob the bank at Dry Springs on May 8, 1872.
45:24The four men who did the job were Whitey Brandon, Rex Clark, Lefty Dolan, Ben Maxwell,
45:31who owns a rockin' star ranch outside of Dry Springs.
45:35And Jeff Ferris didn't have anything to do with it.
45:39Now, here's a pencil.
45:42Write your name.
45:47Hold it, Maverick.
45:50Step away from him, Whitey.
45:58Don't move.
46:03Up.
46:04Sorry, I had to do that.
46:13It'll look much better if you're killed with Whitey's gun.
46:23All right, boys, stay back.
46:24This is the sheriff.
46:25Everything's under control.
46:29You made good time.
46:30Yeah.
46:30Did he silent?
46:31No, Ben shot him first.
46:34Right.
46:37Right.
46:41Right.
46:43Right.
46:52It's the paper.
46:53He wants the paper.
46:54He wants the paper.
46:54Here.
46:54No.
46:55Wait.
47:04No.
47:04No.
47:10No.
47:10Thank you, Ben.
47:40Two months later, Jed Ferris came home to stay.
47:55It had taken almost a year out of my life, off and on.
47:58But now it finally seemed worth it.
48:02Well, how about it, Lefty? Will you leave me alone now?
48:09Well, there weren't any lightning flashes or thunderbolts, so I guess it was all over now.
48:15And I was firmly reminding myself of one of the last and most important things my papi ever told me.
48:20Love your fellow man and stay out of his troubles, if you can.
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