Bat Masterson (TV Series)

The Reluctant Witness (1960)

Allison Hayes: Ellie Winters

Quotes 

• Ellie Winters : You just don't know how wonderful it is to be a free woman again.

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Seems like old times, Ellie, doesn't it?

  Ellie Winters : Where shall we celebrate, Bat?

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : I'm afraid you're going to have to do that without me. I've got to be leaving for Denver.

  Ellie Winters : You're always leaving at the wrong time.

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Ah, but I come back at the right time.

• [first lines] 

  Narrator : [Bat is engaged in a poker game with several other players]  A gambling hall in Dodge City, Kansas, as Bat Masterson knew it.

  [Players tell the dealer how many replacement cards they want] 

  Ellie Winters : [Ellie Winters knocks on the door of a hotel room]  Chance?... Chance?

  Narrator : A hotel room in Durango, Colorado, as Bat Masterson was soon to know it.

  Ellie Winters : Chance?

  [Ellie enters the hotel room and finds Chance dead] 

• [last lines] 

  [Bat Masterson has said his goodbyes to Wyatt Earp and Ellie Winters goes to board a stagecoach] 

  Ellie Winters : You know, Mr. Earp, I've always wanted to know about Dodge City. I'll just bet you've got a lot of exciting stories to tell about it.

  Wyatt Earp : Well, ah... I do have a few.

  Ellie Winters : Go on. Now I've got plenty of time to listen.

  Wyatt Earp : Besides, I met a cold cure.