Bat Masterson (TV Series)

The Elusive Baguette (1960)

Allison Hayes: Ellie Winters

Quotes 

• [first lines] 

  Ellie Winters : I certainly didn't bring you any luck, Bat.

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : Well, I knew it would happen one day. I admire cleanliness, but, ah...

  [shows Ellie his empty billfold] 

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : ...not in a wallet.

• [Ellie catches Bat, on his way to meet the beautiful Lucy Carter, tiptoeing past her room] 

  Ellie Winters : You're so considerate of the other guests.

• William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : It doesn't add up, Ellie.

  Ellie Winters : Maybe you're not very bright at arithmetic.

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : It happened too fast, too easy, as though it were meant to happen.

  [Ellie imitates Lucy's Southern drawl] 

  Ellie Winters : Bat, darlin', you just don't understand us Southern gals.

  [returning to her usual voice] 

  Ellie Winters : Did it ever occur to you that your southern-fried chicken just might be in on it?

• Ellie Winters : So all along that southern-fried chicken was using your cane for a nest.

  William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson : I said I was working on the case - some just take longer than others.

  Ellie Winters : Especially if there's a beautiful blonde involved.