Bat Masterson (TV Series)

Trail Pirate (1958)

Gene Barry: Bat Masterson

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Quotes 

• Sheriff : That's the third wagon train we've lost on that run this summer.

  Bat Masterson : What's out there? Commanches?

  Sheriff : Worse! A pack of the meanest, low-down sand skunks that ever breathed air. Read that poster in the basket.

  Bat Masterson : [reading]  Wanted: two thousand dollar reward for unknown trail pirates - dead or alive.

• Sheriff : Sandstorms blew that desert clear of wagon tracks leadin' to water. A man has to depend on trail markers. Them buzzards switch 'em wrong. Train follows a dry trail - those pirates wait for the people to die of thirst, then move in and clean the wagons.

  Bat Masterson : Nice, friendly way to make a living.

• Bat Masterson : We have lots to settle if we're going out in the morning.

  Ellen Parish : I have no intention of trusting my people with a gambler - whatever it is about the gun.

• Bat Masterson : Did it ever occur to you that you and your folks are gamblers crossing that desert?

  Ellen Parish : Gamblers?

  Bat Masterson : You're playing for bigger stakes than you'll find on those tables. A man with a gun might come in handy.

• Bat Masterson : It's kind of a custom out here, ma'am. When you see a man draw a gun, you better draw yours. If I hadn't, I might be shaking hands with St. Peter.

  Ellen Parish : Then I'm not quite sure you know just where St. Peter is stationed.

• Ellen Parish : When we get to California, we could use a man like you to help get us settled. Would you care for the job?

  Bat Masterson : Well, some folks are settlers and some just want to see what's over the next range and some, maybe, what's going on in the next town.