Maverick (1957–1962): Season 1, Episode 15 - The Third Rider - full transcript

Stranded, Bart Maverick has to catch a ride with 2 horsemen. When a posse appears, they flee. One horseman escapes, while the other is killed by the posse. Bart becomes the chief suspect in a robbery/murder the horsemen are suspected of.

All right, Red, the truth is I
don't know where the money is.

- Either you believe me or you don't.
- I don't.

And I don't think you got
guts enough to keep lying.

You wanna change your mind?

If I did, I'd just be putting it
off a little while longer, Red...

and we'd have to go
through this all over again.

Tell him what he wants to know.

Mister, he'll kill
you next time.

Don't make him do it, please.

Hello, glad to see
you with us again.

This week's story
takes you to Nevada...



where you will meet a group
of unforgettable characters.

None of them too law abiding,
but all guaranteed to be fascinating.

It's called "The Third Rider."

My friend is hurt and we
need your horse. Get off.

There's only one way you're
gonna get this horse, mister.

You're liable to be shot
before I stop kicking.

On the other hand, if you'd
ask me in a real friendly way...

I might take your partner
aboard double. My horse is fresh.

Get up, Jose.

I said in a nice, friendly way.

All right, I'd like you
to give my partner a lift.

Come on up, Joe.

You'll get it back
when you get off.

You first.



Hang on.

Hold it.

I didn't tell you to stop.

Just the same, if he doesn't get
some rest, he's gonna be in bad shape.

No, we gotta keep going.

Please, Red, my arm.

I got you this far. I'll get
you the rest of the way.

- This is what you told Miguel before he...
- Shut up.

I didn't ask you
what happened...

but if he keeps going, he's
gonna wind up the same Miguel.

I'm not asking you
anymore, I'm telling you.

Now, get going or I'll
blow a hole in your head.

Step down.

This fella got any next of kin?

Can't say. I just met him.

Might just as well bury him
right here. Take care of it, Bob.

Come on, you.

Well...

I ain't much for riding anymore.
For the past three days...

you've been taking me up and down
places a self-respecting goat wouldn't go.

I'm sorry for your ups and downs, mister.
But I haven't been leading you anywhere.

You got the bare-faced gall to deny it,
with your partner laying dead over there?

He's not my partner.

I still don't know you.

Name's Edwards,
sheriff over at Elm City.

Said city having a bank that you and
your partners robbed three nights ago.

I've been tracking
you ever since.

You're not much
for tracking either...

or else you'd know I just
met those two this morning.

You gotta think of a
better one than that.

Sure, we lost your trail a time or
two, but we always picked it up.

It was three of you when you started,
three of you when we caught up with you.

I never been in Elm City.

I'm too tired to argue.

Suppose we just let the judge decide
where you been and what you've done.

Why let Red get away?
He was running the show.

Oh, so you did know him?

Just what I heard, sheriff.

They were talking about
a Miguel who died...

probably during one of
those times you lost the trail.

Since you heard so much,
what happened to the 80,000?

Red didn't have that on him
when they picked me up...

they were traveling light.

Where'd you bury it?

In my hat.

As soon as we give your friend Jose a
Christian burial, we'll start riding back.

If it'd make you
feel any better...

you could be telling the truth.

If you are, all you
have to do is prove it.

That won't be easy.

I just came down
here from Denver.

- Alone?
- Till this morning.

- How long did it take you?
- Eight days.

Eight days,
alone. Tsk, tsk, tsk.

Too bad. Too bad.

Edwards wasn't partial
to saddle leather...

so we went back first-class.

Just to keep everything legal he even
had a warrant for my arrest in his pocket.

- You're taking that man back to jail?
- That's right, sonny.

Let that be a lesson to you.

Crime doesn't pay.

Ha. Very, very funny.

Ma, there's a live outlaw over
there, the man next to the window.

- What's going on here?
- He tried to jump me.

He jumped me. Sheriff
Edwards of Elm City.

Oh, hold it, you.

Cover him conductor.

His name is Maverick. And
I've got the warrant right here.

- Which of you is telling the truth?
- I got the key to these cuffs.

You picked my pocket.

No wonder they call him
"Light Fingers" Maverick.

He's telling the truth.

The man next to the
window is going to jail.

- He told that kid that.
- Well, you didn't deny it, Maverick.

- Did he, ma'am?
- No, he didn't.

I been trailing him for weeks.
He's wanted back in Elm City.

I'll take that gun, conductor.

You give him that
gun, you'll regret it.

We get back to Elm City,
the folks there will identify me.

Nothing to worry
about, conductor.

On the other hand I'd like
to get him out of this coach.

He's little dangerous, what
with the children and all.

- Very well, sheriff.
- I hope you saved your money.

- You're gonna be looking for a new job.
- Uh-uh, Light Fingers, let's go.

They'll never believe
this in Elm City.

Take them off.

I know you're gonna
be following me.

Next time we meet, I'll
have proof I'm innocent.

I'm gonna make
you eat it, sheriff.

If you weren't guilty, you
wouldn't be doing this.

That's where you're wrong.

I'm innocent as a new-born
babe, and just as broke.

Hang it on that post.

I keep adding up five
percent of $80,000...

and it just keeps coming
up 4000 every time.

It's gonna be easy to find Red, because
I'm the one who knows what he looks like.

Well, there is a
reward, isn't there?

You know, I've met my share of
swindlers, conmen and fancy talkers...

but, brother, you
take the turkey.

Darn if you haven't got me
convinced you might be an honest man.

As I said, crime doesn't pay.

How do you think it's gonna look,
leaving an officer of the law like this?

Don't worry about it.

I'll get that key back
to you as soon as I can.

There weren't many men
who'd fit Red's description...

so I figured if I just followed
the direction he took...

I'd run into someone
who'd seen him.

That's what I thought.

But it looked like Red had
dug a hole and crawled in.

Then he came up for air.

A man fitting Red's
description had hit Silver City.

But if Red was still in town, he
wasn't being obvious about it.

On the second day, a pretty young
waitress attracted my attention.

And on the third day,
I was still attracted,

but for an entirely
different reason.

Three times a day, she'd
carry that tray of food up.

And each time, she'd
bring it down empty.

The room clerk told me about
the linen and the free bath...

but he didn't mention
the room service.

Is that reserved for
special customers?

You get yourself a
broken leg, mister...

like that old galoot upstairs,
and you'll get the same service.

Ha, ha, might be worth it.

Mister, the food
isn't that good.

Uh, deal.

Turned out no one knew the
old gentleman with the broken leg.

So I figured he had red
hair and two good legs.

Hold it, Red.

A lot of people wanna die in bed, you
touch that gun, you're gonna make it.

Could've knocked, saved
yourself a lot of trouble.

It isn't right for a man with a
broken leg to get up to open the door.

Dolly isn't very
convincing, is she?

- What do you want?
- You.

- When did you start wearing a badge?
- I'm not.

But the fella that's
looking for me is.

You should've let
us take your horse.

I gave you the chance.

I wouldn't worry about it, Red.

You're going back to Elm City
with me just to straighten it all out.

Get on your feet.

The three of us...

you, me and the money...

we're all going back together
just to prove I'm an honest fella.

- I thought you'd get around to that.
- I wouldn't wanna surprise you.

You don't think I'd be holed
up here if I had that money.

Just long enough for
things to settle down...

so you could go back
to wherever you left it.

That's a pretty good guess.

- Things ain't settled down enough.
- They settled.

Let's go.

I'll make you a real good deal.

Half the money, but we can't go
back there now. It's too dangerous.

Not as dangerous as it is here.

I drew a map.

You forget about taking
me back, and it's yours.

I got a better idea.

I'll take the map and you.

You can give it to me
now or let me find it.

- It's over there.
- Where?

Behind the looking glass.

Go ahead.

That ought to take
care of him for a while.

- I told him the food wasn't that good.
- But the service is great.

Thanks, Dolly.

As long as I've got half interest in that
much money, you'll always get good service.

Get your things together,
I'll meet you out back.

What about him? He saw the map.

No, you hit him before he got a
good look at it. He won't find us.

Now, hurry up.

Well, if you're ready, we
can start back any time.

Ugh, I'm ready.

All right, Ed, you've had your
fun. Can't I take it off now?

Ah, you're just
self-conscious, Maverick.

Nobody'd notice it if you'd just ignore it,
uh, like that key you were gonna send me.

Remember the baggage car?

I'll make you a deal, anything.

All right. Where's
the money hid?

If I knew where it was,
I think it'd be worth it.

Too bad, Maverick. Too bad.

Just so you don't make
the same mistake twice.

Maverick?

I got some good news for you.

Judge doesn't think we got
much of a case against you.

Nothing to tie you
into the robbery.

No money found on
you. No witnesses.

And my word that you
might be telling the truth.

I said "might."

When do I get out?

Be a hearing tomorrow,
rest is up to the judge.

Just a hearing? No trial?

The hearing will be held to see if there's
enough evidence to bring you to trial.

No use wasting the taxpayers' money
if we haven't got case against you.

Of course, what I have to
say might make the difference.

- What are you driving at?
- Ooh, nothing special.

Let's just say that,
uh, if you were let off...

then maybe we could
both go after Red...

- since you know what he looks like.
- Ha, ha.

Once I get out of here, I'm forgetting
I ever saw you or this town or Red.

Well, what happens to you
tomorrow depends a lot on me.

And then there is always
that reward money.

Divided in two, it
means 2000 apiece.

All right, Light Fingers.

If I get out of here, we
look for Red and the money.

I knew you were too
civic-minded not to.

Better put some cotton in your ears,
Collins. He's liable to fast-talk you...

- into letting him walk right out of here.
- Ha, ha, not a chance.

See you at the hearing.

Judge may think you're caught
in the middle of this, but I don't.

Neither does anybody
else in this town.

You must've had some
money in that bank.

Most of us did. But
that ain't the reason.

Edwards doesn't bring a
man back unless he's guilty.

Wasn't anybody to
bring back except me.

And he didn't relish
going back empty handed.

The time before, we had to saw
him loose from that baggage car.

He didn't have you
with him then, did he?

- What's Edward saying?
- He don't.

Maybe that's why he's so
anxious not to have that trial.

Something tells me I'm
gonna sleep real good tonight.

Sheriff, that thieving galoot tell
you where our money's hid yet?

Doesn't seem to
know much about that.

Then you ought to be back
there right now getting it out of him.

Think I should
beat it out of him?

- Look, we all had money in that bank.
- Every cent I saved was in there.

Same with me, but the longer he stalls,
gives his partner more time to get it.

His partner won't risk coming
back till things quiet down.

- If it is his partner.
- What do you mean "if"?

There's just a chance that Maverick
doesn't know anything about that money.

It's up to the judge
to decide now.

You just let me in that cell with him,
he'll be glad to tell me where it's hid.

Now, look, y'all asked
me to take this job.

As long as I have it, we're
gonna stick to the law...

and that means that the prisoner
is innocent till we prove him guilty.

- You could've knocked.
- I'll take care of that on the way out.

I wanna talk to you.

Now that you're
here, button me up.

You've been wanting
to get back to New York.

- Well, we're getting out of here tonight.
- Why all of a sudden tonight?

I was ready to leave this
gopher hole two months ago.

When I promise
something, I deliver.

I know how we can lay
our hands on $80,000.

Now, does that sound
worthwhile leaving for?

I'd even stay for that.

- What do we have to do?
- I'll tell you later.

Right now, you better get out
there and entertain your public.

Turk, you just can't say something
like that and not explain it.

I said later.

They'll ask questions if
you don't get out there.

Well, I'll probably lose my
voice in the middle of the number.

What voice?

Do exactly what I tell you,
Collins, and you won't get hurt.

Don't try it.

Drop your gun belt, Collins.

Now, go over and
unlock the door.

Now go over and unlock the cell.

Turk, you're doing a fool thing.
Give it up now, before it's too late.

Let's go.

- Go where?
- Out.

We're doing you a favor.
Act like you appreciate it.

I don't know you.

Why should you
break me out of here?

- Haven't got time to explain, get going.
- Look...

I like it here fine. Why don't you
just go away and leave me alone?

Not a chance.

I appreciate your concern,
but I can't take your offer.

Forget you ever saw me. By
tomorrow I'll be a free man...

- and everything'll be just fine.
- We haven't got all night.

Look, mister, it's too late
for us to turn back now.

Either you walk out or
they'll come and carry you out.

Now, let's get going.

Turk, don't.

Stone dead.

Now that's mighty
considerate of Collins.

A shot would have
attracted attention.

Try that again.

You don't need much
reason to kill a man, do you?

You can do your talking
later, when we wanna hear it.

- I don't think he'll give you trouble.
- When will you be back?

Not until the night.

As long as I work bar during
the day, no one will connect me.

You're taking good care of
yourself. Doing as much for her?

Hate to disappoint you, but
I took real good care of her.

Just so it'll ease your mind, I'll
be back there entertaining tonight.

So you see, there'll always be
one of us here and one of us in town.

We're gonna stay right here for a
long time, until you're ready to talk...

and we're gonna be a lot
more comfortable than you are.

I don't think he likes me.

Too bad you picked
a man like Turk.

What do you mean, too bad?

Well, he creates a problem.

If it was just you and me, I
might see things differently.

- What things?
- All that money.

You and I could
do a lot with it.

Oh, come on.

You can do better than that.

Next you'll be telling me
he's not good enough for me...

or that he'll walk out on
me, first chance he gets.

Well, I was thinking
of something like that...

but I'll try to think
of something better.

Anyway, thanks for telling me
you do know where the money is.

Turk will be glad to hear
that when he gets back.

So there I was sitting
with three aces...

and this lady standing behind
me drops her handkerchief...

so I leaned over to pick it up.

That's when the other
fella turns up a royal flush.

He and this lovely lady
were working together...

but in order to call him a
cheat, I had to include her.

So I took my licking like
a man and walked away.

But it's been a long time since I
picked up another handkerchief.

Oh, one thing I can say, you sure
make the time pass very pleasantly.

I wasn't looking
forward to this.

Thank you, ma'am.

From the first time I
looked at you, I was.

Turk won't appreciate that kind
of talk when I tell him about it.

No, you won't tell him, Blanche.

Turk's been up here two nights now. All
he does is ask questions and make threats.

I think you made him
agree not to rough me up.

Maybe, but don't count on
me holding him off forever.

He'll go along with it for a while,
but then he'll do things his way.

And I won't blame him
when the time comes...

because you see, Mr. Maverick...

$80,000 is more money
than I ever dreamed of.

I want it maybe even
worse than Turk does.

You want it bad enough
to share it with me?

You don't give
up easily, do you?

You're afraid to think
about it, Blanche, aren't you?

But you ought to...

because I don't plan to tell Turk
where the money is, just you.

Providing you see things my way.

Be a lot easier if
you sat a little closer.

I can manage from here.

Afraid?

Of what? You're tied up.

That's not what I mean.

You think I'm afraid
to get too close to you?

Mm-hm.

Ha, well, I'm not.

I'll believe you
when you prove it.

Well, that's not close enough to
prove anything, except what I said.

You better put that away.

Your hand's shaking like
a pauper in a high wind.

You're... You're
imagining things.

I'm willing to be convinced.

What are you gonna do about us?

I don't know.

You better decide
before he gets back.

Cut yourself loose,
I'll get the horses.

Which way do we go?

If you stay on it, it'll
take you back to Elm City.

I'm going the other way.

Just what does that mean?

A man's tied up hand and foot, he isn't
responsible for some of the things he says.

I should've known better.

I told you the truth to begin with.
I don't know where the money is.

You make a worm look like a man.

Now, that's no way
for a lady to talk.

When Turk finds out,
he'll tear you to pieces.

Especially when you tell
him you left him for me.

I'm sure you'll think
of something better.

Why, you...

It isn't so black, Blanche.

You can always tell him a fellow
by the name of Red broke me lose...

that way he'll take you back.

If he doesn't, you'll know he would
have walked out on you, sooner or later.

I won't forget this.

I wish you'd try.

We'll find you.

You can count on it.

I knew Red would have his
hands on that money by now.

But I got a good
look at that map...

enough to know just about
where the money had been buried.

I could pick up
his trail from there.

No, I ain't seen the two
fellas you're looking for.

But there was one fellow
pass by here, had black hair...

wearing a buck-skin coat,
riding a sorrel horse, like you said.

- You sure he was alone?
- Yeah, he was alone.

Thanks.

They must have gotten separated.

Let's hope so, Blanche.

Let's hope there is a man
name Red, for your sake.

I'd picked up Red's
trail in Galesville...

it brought me to Cottonwood,
and then it ran out.

But when you're tracking someone,
you leave a pretty broad trail yourself...

and I'd been expecting Blanche and her
friend Turk to show up. They hadn't yet.

So when your luck runs
out, and you're bone tired...

and you've got a belly full of
dust, there's only one thing to do.

Last time we did this
you were on the bed...

- and I was standing where you are.
- A lot of things happened since then.

You should be a
very prosperous man.

Mister, don't be funny.

Just what do you want?

- Where is it?
- Where is what?

You got a better look at
that map than I thought.

So you haven't got the money?

Instead of tying you up, I
should've put a bullet in you.

How did I get there before you?

By not having her
along. Get off the bed.

Since the first time I ran
into you, I've been locked up...

threatened, slugged,
tied hand and foot...

I've been charged with robbery
and murder and a few other things.

Right now, I'm getting pretty
tired of the whole thing...

so if you'll just go away, I'll forget I
ever saw you or heard of the money.

But I'm not willing.

You're the only one
that saw that map.

And, mister, that money
didn't just fly away.

After what's happened,
anything's possible.

Where is it?

You won't believe me, but I went through
this with another happy couple like you.

You're prettier than she is,
but she's more cooperative.

You better get cooperative.

It seems everything's
against my catching my sleep.

I wouldn't wanna interfere with that,
so you just lay down there on the bed...

and when it's dark,
we're out of here.

Look, Red, this...

There's nothing
more to talk about...

unless you want to tell me right
now where you put my money.

All right, mount up, and
ride out of town, real easy.

Maybe from now
on, you'll trust me.

All right, Blanche. You
got an apology coming.

Hold it. This makes three
times you've changed direction.

I told you, it's all in my head.
I gotta keep remembering.

I wanna know where we're going.

You'll know when you
get there. That's the deal.

We didn't make no deal, you did.

Get off.

Place it right here in the dirt.

Just where we're going, and
exactly where you got the money hid.

You're lying.

I know every inch of this
country and there's no such place.

All right, Red.

The truth is I don't
know where the money is.

- Either you believe me or you don't.
- I don't.

And I don't think you got
guts enough to keep lying.

Wanna change your mind?

If I did, I'd just be putting it
off a little while longer, Red.

And we'd have to go
through this all over again.

Tell him what he wants to know.
Mister, he'll kill you next time.

You know, she
just might be right.

I'm not a good enough
shot to keep missing.

I'm not a good enough
liar to keep lying.

Don't make him do it, please.

I'm not looking
forward to dying, Red.

There was some other
way out of this, I'd take it.

Now, that's not very friendly.

First I get you out of jail, save your
neck, then you try to take a shot at me.

That Red's girl?

Meet two friends of
mine, Blanche and Turk.

She's the one I said wasn't as
pretty as you, but more cooperative.

What do you mean,
more cooperative?

Sorry, I told you I picked
up my last handkerchief.

You better make sense fast.

It isn't the kind of a thing a
gentleman likes to say, but, uh...

I would have been tied to that bed if
she wasn't nice enough to cut me loose.

Uh-uh.

Blanche already told me it
was him that broke you out.

I ought blow your head off.

Before you do, talk
to her about him.

She was with him every minute.

Is he telling the truth?

- What's it matter now?
- I want to know.

Red never helped him.

He said he knew
where the money was.

He was gonna take me to it, and
then I was going to send for you.

You expect me to believe that?

I got more bad
news for you, Turk.

I never did know
where the money was.

Just now he was using me as target
practice because I couldn't lead him to it.

- Or wouldn't.
- It's true.

If he'd known anything, he wouldn't
have let Red shoot at him like that.

If I knew where it was,
I wouldn't be here now.

I gotta change my habits.

I've been believing
the wrong people.

You were telling the
truth all the way down.

I still think he
knows where it is.

You can't get over what he
done to you, can you, Blanche?

Well, I'm convinced
he's telling the truth.

I told him the only thing that was keeping
him alive was knowing where the money is.

If that ain't worth lying
for than nothing is.

He's wanted back in Elm City
for killing a man named Collins.

A good friend of mine.

Me and Blanche are
gonna take him back.

Haven't you get
things mixed up, Turk?

Unless you got something
to stay for, you can leave now.

The reward for bringing
him back ain't $80,000...

but still a lot more
than we ever seen.

A minute ago, you
were ready to shoot me.

That was a minute ago.

He may get the
urge again someday.

It won't work anymore.

You see, Blanche and me,
we gotta stick together now.

When I left Elm City, the town had got
up a $5000 reward for bringing you in.

The reward sounds great, but
what happens when we get there?

He'll say it was us.

If they ever caught
him, he'd say it then too.

So let him say it.

We're bringing him in.

Who they gonna believe?

Law abiding citizens, or a
killer with a reward on his head?

Mount up, they're
waiting back in Elm City.

Don't take that
gun off him, Turk.

It's sure good to see
you, Light Fingers.

I don't know why.

Where did you two run into him?

We didn't run into him,
I went looking for him.

Collins was a
good friend of mine.

Not to mention the reward.

It was a personal
matter, sheriff.

When we get back to Elm City,
I ought to make you a deputy.

A man like you is pretty
rare around here today.

I'm not asking for any thanks.

Just seeing him pay for
killing Collins will be enough.

Do you think I could
talk to you for a minute?

Oh, yeah. He's
been threatening me.

He said if I took him
in, he'd tell everybody

I was in cahoots
with him or something.

That I did it.

Well, you might as well hear it.

- It's good for a laugh.
- Is that right, Maverick?

You know, sheriff, every time I tell the
truth, I, uh, seem to wind up in trouble.

I just can't seem to
get out of the habit.

Go ahead, we got lots of time.

The fact is, those
two killed Collins.

Then they broke me out of
jail because of the money.

They thought I
know where it was.

They even figured I'd be grateful
enough to share it with them.

Trusting souls, weren't they?

Why would I wanna
break out, sheriff?

I had a deal. I was
practically a free man.

I don't even have
to think about that.

You see, when you went after Red,
and the money, I'd have been with you.

You wouldn't have liked that.

You've got more answers
than I have, sheriff.

But how did I hit that deputy
hard enough to kill him?

What did I use?

How'd I get him
to open the cell?

Lot of folks are trying
to figure out how I

happened to be
handcuffed to a baggage car.

You know, where you're concerned, a
lot of things can happen, generally do.

Well, given up already?

Pappy taught me never to
play the second best hand.

I'll wait for the next deal.

Stay where you are.
Don't make another move.

What happened?

Sheriff, I just turned
over in my sleep.

When I try to escape, you
won't know until it's happened.

Turk, I can't take any
more chances with him.

If he got away from me again I'd
never be able to go back to Elm City.

I'll take over.

You sure you can keep your eyes
open long enough, Light Fingers?

I'll ain't taking them off of you
till I get you back to Elm City.

I'll sleep much better knowing
you're looking after me.

Uh-huh.

Ah.

Sheriff, I got a
proposition for you.

No, you haven't.

I don't wanna go
back to Elm City.

I got an idea folks back there
might be just a trifle unfriendly.

They might not even wait for me to come
to trial, and what I want most is a trial.

Elm City's where
I gotta take you.

See, that's where you're wanted.

If you take me to the county seat
and put a good guard around me...

- I'll tell you something.
- Just what might that be?

Where the money is, naturally.

I buried it, and
I'll take you to it.

Is it worth trading for?

You know, in spite of all the evidence
against you, right up until this minute...

I thought maybe
you were innocent.

Right from the
beginning, I felt that way.

That is, up until now.

I didn't believe you knew
where the money was.

Maybe you weren't
even in on that hold-up.

Sorry to disappoint
you, sheriff.

- But is it a deal?
- No deal.

You see, I happen to
know where the money is.

Right now, it's back
in the Elm City bank.

A bunch of kids found it when
they were digging a tunnel.

I had to go pick it up, otherwise I'd
have had you back there before now.

- Suppose you got an answer to that too.
- It really doesn't matter.

No, no, go right ahead. Why
deprive us of your bedtime stories?

All right. I won't.

I was gonna take
you to a place...

point it out and tell you that's
where the money was buried.

Then Turk would have tried to
gun us down to take it all himself...

but I would have been ready for
him, and I figured you would be too.

I know. I know it's
just a waste of words.

But I went to the
trouble to figure it out...

- I thought someone ought to hear it.
- Yeah.

You ought to put it to music,
Maverick. It makes a mighty sad song.

But right now
we're starting back.

And incidentally,
we're going to Elm City.

Turk, take that side.

Blanche, get over behind
that rock and stay there.

Don't even breathe, sheriff,
I'm looking right down your back.

Take that gun by the
barrel and pass it to me.

If I had any sense, I'd shoot
you now and keep going.

I played this hand bad enough
from the start, so I change now.

I'm gonna give you this gun back, but
first we're gonna make one more deal.

I wanna talk to Blanche
for just five minutes.

- Then you can take me back.
- Hold a gun on her, she'll say anything.

- Won't prove a thing.
- I know that. We got a deal?

Haven't got much choice.

- Spotted him yet?
- You haven't seen me.

No. Not yet.

All right, sheriff,
just one more thing.

Give me time to get
to her and fire a shot.

Are you sure you
know what you're doing?

No. But why start now?

Do you know any reason
why I shouldn't kill you now?

I'm gonna give you one
chance to live, if you tell the truth.

I want you to yell it out
so the sheriff can hear you.

I want you to tell him
who really killed Collins.

I'll see you get an honest
shake when we get back.

Turk did the kill and not you.

I'll testify how you turned me loose
up at the cabin, that'll be in your favor.

As soon as I open my
mouth, Turk will kill me.

I'll be here to see he doesn't.

You keep your head
down and yell out.

All I'm asking is
you tell him the truth.

- Did you get him, Sheriff?
- No.

If you're gonna
do it, do it now.

Sheriff Edwards,
let Maverick go.

Turk's the man you want. He
killed your deputy, not Maverick.

Don't pull that trigger, Turk.

You got it all wrong, sheriff.

I wasn't trying to get
her, it was Maverick.

Sure. You got a gun that
shoots around corners.

Well, look, he had a gun on
her. He'd make her say anything.

Ain't that right, Blanche?

Give me that rifle, Maverick.

All right, he hasn't
got a gun on her now.

Blanche, you got
anything to tell me?

He was gonna kill you, Blanche.

What I just said was true.

- He did it.
- Why, you... Unh.

Don't put temptation
in my way again, Turk.

Collins was really
a friend of mine.

Get on your horse.

What are you gonna
tell them in Elm City...

about how they had to cut
you from the baggage car?

Won't have to tell them anything,
now that you're not going to trial.