At the saloon, Noble tries to get Bat to leave town as a vagrant, but Bat declares he is a professional gambler and is working in the saloon as owner Angus McLarnin's (Patrick McVey) partner. Molly comes to Bat's hotel room to tell him he should leave town or Foley will kill him. Justice of the peace Tom Noble (Raymond Bailey) and stableman Pete (Paul Lambert) both tell Bat he'd be smart to leave town. Foley tells Bat to get out of town, but Bat says he'll be back. Foley (Broderick Crawford) walks into the saloon and sees Bat with his girl. Bat is flirting with saloon girl, Molly Doyle (Marcia Henderson). Swan Valley, Wyoming territory, August 11, 1883. Lucy is only injured, and Bat carries her away. Keel draws, and Bat shoots and kills Keel. Bat shoots them both and calls Keel down the stairs. Keel heads up the stairs as his men shoot at Bat, missing and hitting Lucy. Bat forces Lucy to deal from the top of the deck, winning the hand. In an alternate ending, Bat lets Lucy deal the hand at the Oriental. Exposed as a crooked game, Keel is forced to leave town. Bat has the Marshal pull the bottom card from the deck, revealing it to be Keel's winning ace. Bat has Keel deal the hand, but at the last card, Bat stops him, forcing Keel to set the deck on the table to make sure he deals the top card. Masterson pulls Keel away from the Oriental, to play their hand out in the street. A former love interest of Masterson, and Big Keel's main dealer at the Oriental, Lucy Slater (Jean Willes) is the dealer. Keel offers Masterson an opportunity to settle things once and for all - one hand of poker, winner take all. After a gun fight at the Alhambra, Marshal Ed Caulder (Charles Maxwell) closes down both halls in the interest of public safety. William Barkley "Bat" Masterson shows up in town to help a friend keep the Alhambra open. Big Keel Roberts (Robert Middleton), who owns the Oriental gambling hall, has been having his men causing trouble at the Alhambra, a competing hall, trying to shut it down.
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