Maverick (TV Series)

A Technical Error (1961)

Jack Kelly: Bart Maverick

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• [first lines] 

  Bart Maverick : [narrating]  As my pappy used to say about money, "It's always there, only the pockets change." Well, so it was with Major Sims. His money was going so fast, it didn't even have time to say goodbye to him.

• Major Holbrook Sims : What do professional gamblers do when they hit a losing streak?

  Bart Maverick : Well, some cut their throats. If that doesn't work, they ask for a new deck and a change of scene.

• Bart Maverick : Pappy always said I'd wind up owning a bank. Or, was it robbing a bank? I wish I could remember, because Pappy's predictions had an embarrassing way of coming true.

• Doc Holliday : Well, stick around. I'm about to get married.

  Bart Maverick : Hey, that's good... What di...? Did you say getting married? Legally?

  Doc Holliday : Yeah. Legally, licensed, minister, church, bridesmaids, rice and old shoes. Did I leave anything out?

  Bart Maverick : Yeah, just the one thing that I thought it would always take to get you to the altar... a shotgun.

• Doc Holliday : Have you ever heard, "The Wedding March," Bart?

  Bart Maverick : Oh, many times, but always from a safe distance.

• Bart Maverick : [narrating]  My idea was a natural, based on simple larceny. It gave the illusion that everyone could win and no one could lose. If you say, but any smart man knows he can't get something for nothing, my answer is, how many smart men do you meet in your life?