Bat Masterson (TV Series)

The Reluctant Witness (1960)

Gene Barry: Bat Masterson

Quotes 

• William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Good old Ned Buntline - shoots like a rifle.

  Wyatt Earp : Why don't you wear the Special he gave you?

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : The barrel's too long - it ruffles my suit.

• William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : You're a good man, Wyatt.

  Charlie Ryan : Wyatt? Wyatt Earp?

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Yep. I thought I needed some help so I called me a one-man army.

• 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.

• Wyatt Earp : Well, here's your evidence.

  [Bat tears up the envelope and throws it out the window] 

  Charlie Ryan : That letter was a fake, too!

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : I thought you were a smart poker player, Ryan. A good bluff wins many a pot.