The Maverick brothers race against time, and each other, to cash bank drafts before one company office learns that the main office has gone under.The Maverick brothers race against time, and each other, to cash bank drafts before one company office learns that the main office has gone under.The Maverick brothers race against time, and each other, to cash bank drafts before one company office learns that the main office has gone under.
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Klotz
- (uncredited)
- Poker Player
- (uncredited)
- Stableman
- (uncredited)
- Burger
- (uncredited)
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
- Express Agent
- (uncredited)
- Gang Member
- (uncredited)
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThis was Jack Kelly 's favorite episode.
- GoofsThe morning after Bret leaves for Deadwood, his horse is worn out and he needs a fresh mount. He inadvertently approaches four bank robbers in hopes of securing one of their horses. But the bank robbers themselves are in need of another horse and instead relieve Bret of his. Dejected, Bret walks away from the camera. As he walks away, and he casts two shadows.
- Quotes
Bret Maverick: I've still got $30. I was thinkin' I might split it with ya, and then again I might get back in that poker game and run it up to a thousand.
Bart Maverick: But, what if you lose the thirty?
Bret Maverick: You don't get the fifteen.
Bart Maverick: But, if ya win the thousand?
Bret Maverick: You do get the fifteen.
Bart Maverick: Bret, sometimes your heart runs away with your head.
It's a real duel of wits as everyone's trying to get to the branch bank before the bad news arrives. What's really distinctive about this 60 minutes is how everybody's out for himself or herself. Even the brothers are humorously competing in this Darwinian free-for-all. No high- minded motives here, just greed. Watch Bart cut Bret's saddle cinch so that Bret ends up ignominiously on the ground. And, of course, the running gag that sort of sums up the ground-rules is "Business is business". In short, "Nothing personal, I'm just trying to get mine". I expect more than a few viewers appreciated this kind of realism done in the charming Maverick way.
Good to see such stalwarts as cranky old Will Wright and roughneck Ray Teal in supporting roles. Downside is again the production values with some really bad outdoor sets and poorly matched stock shots. But that doesn't matter much since one humorous scrape follows another right up to the boffo climax.
- dougdoepke
- Sep 3, 2008
Details
- Runtime1 hour
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1