Maverick
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In the American Old West, Bret Maverick needs to find $3,000 to participate in a poker tournament. He first goes to Crystal River to collect on debts. In a poker game, he encounters young con-artist Annabelle Bransford and ill-tempered gambler Angel. Bret is forced to flee without money from his debtor (lost in a bank robbery) and without the winnings he got from Angel. Bret then shares a stagecoach with Annabelle and Marshal Zane Cooper, narrowly escape a fatal plunge into a ravine. They then encounter a group of settlers who have been robbed by bandits disguised as Indians; Bret recovers their money in exchange for a $3,000 reward, but decides to give them back the reward. They are then cornered by a group of real Indians, whose chief Joseph is a friend of Bret's. The latter claims he has to accompany the Indians so that his two companions remain safe, but in reality he wants to collect the $1,000 Joseph owes him. Joseph and Bret swindle a Russian Archduke of the needed amount in a scheme that “allows” him to hunt and kill an Indian (Bret in a disguise). In the meanwhile, Angel receives an telegram instructing him to stop Bret. He and his men catch him and try to hang him, but he escapes and manages to reach the Lauren Bell steamer where the tournament will take place. There he recognizes the Archduke and, pretending to be from the Bureau of Indian Affairs, cons him out of $6,000 to cover his and Annabelle's entry fee. The tournament is organized by Commodore Duvall and Zane oversees the security of the game and of the $500,000 prize money. Bret, Annabelle, Angel and Duvall advance to the final game. During a break, Angel locks Bret in his room, but he manages to climb out of it and join the game just in time. Bret notices that the dealer is bottom-dealing and forces Angel to give him the top card, but refuses to look at it before betting. Bret gets the card he was missing to have a royal flush and wins the tournament. Angel and his men draw their weapons, but get killed by Zane and Bret. During the closing ceremony, Zane steals the prize money and escapes; he later meets Duvall, revealing they were working together and that Angel was working for Duvall. Bret appears and takes back the money. Later in a bath house, Zane is revealed to be Bret's father; they hade been planning together to con Duvall. In the end, Annabelle arrives and steals the satchel with the money, but Bret explains he had hidden half of it in his boots, so they still have $250,000 to enjoy.
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