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Have Gun, Will Travel

  • TV-G
  • 1957–1963
  • 6 seasons
  • Western, Action & Adventure
  • 7.3

I don't think you got a very good look at this gun while you had it.

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one of the few television shows to spawn a successful radio version. The radio series debuted November 23, 1958. The television show is presently shown on the Encore-Western channel. Have Gun – Will Travel was created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow and produced by Frank Pierson, Don Ingalls, Robert Sparks, and Julian Claman. There were 225 episodes of the TV series, 24 written by Gene Roddenberry. Other contributors included Bruce Geller, Harry Julian Fink, Don Brinkley and Irving Wallace. Andrew McLaglen directed 101 episodes and 19 were directed by series star Richard Boone.

Episodes

The fifth season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 16, 1961 to June 2, 1962. Volume 1 of the Region 1 DVD was released on November 30, 2010. Volume 2 was released on February 22, 2011.

38 episodes
  1. 1The Vigil

    Sep 16, 1961

    Paladin agrees to accompany a nurse to the gold fields; she aspires to replace its deceased physician. Along the way, they encounter two men who have just buried their companion.

  2. 2The Education of Sarah Jane

    Sep 23, 1961

    The Darrow and Tyler families have been feuding so long they don't remember who started it. It's up to Paladin to help them decide if the feud should continue.

  3. 3The Revenger

    Sep 30, 1961

    Paladin takes a $500 stagecoach ride with an embezzler, a convicted cutthroat, and a murderer to collect the other half of that bill.

  4. 4Odds for Big Red

    Oct 7, 1961

    Paladin trails a killer and bank robber to a saloon but while trying to capture him, the saloon's owner, Big Red, is shot.

  5. 5A Proof of Love

    Oct 14, 1961

    Paladin urges a momma's boy farmer to win back his wayward mail-order bride, by besting party-animal neighbor Rud Saxon in a dance contest.

  6. 6The Gospel Singer

    Oct 21, 1961

    Bugbear wants to change its image. When Paladin is hired, his idea of disarmament is working fine. Until a missionary rides to town with her own methods for doing the same thing.

  7. 7The Race

    Oct 28, 1961

    Paladin is offered $1000 to win a horse race called a mule kalanta. When he arrives he finds out what the bet is, and he decides to make a change.

  8. 8The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs

    Nov 4, 1961

    Singer Odetta plays Sarah Gibbs, who is barred by a marshal from visiting her condemned husband.

  9. 9The Piano

    Nov 11, 1961

    European pianist Franz Lister comes to the United States to give a concert for Mona Lansing, a former saloon hostess. When Lister's piano is stolen, Mona hires Paladin to get it back.

  10. 10Ben Jalisco

    Nov 18, 1961

    Escaped killer, Ben Jalisco, is a ruthless hunter who has murdered more than 30 men. Now he is after his wife, Lucy, who informed on him and Paladin, who brought him in.

  11. 11The Brothers

    Nov 25, 1961

    Will prospector Possum Corbin rescue Paladin from dying in a desert, if Paladin reads the encyclopedia to him?

  12. 12A Drop of Blood

    Dec 2, 1961

    Paladin is invited to best man at Rivka Shotness' wedding. When he arrives he finds that Billy Buckstone, the man the bride's family helped to convict, has been freed from prison and is on his way back.

  13. 13A Knight to Remember

    Dec 9, 1961

    Paladin is hired to find Don Esteban, who has disappeared. When he finds him he is dressed as a knight in armor and thinks he is Don Quixote.

  14. 14Blind Circle

    Dec 16, 1961

    Two years ago, the Cattleman's Association put a bounty of $500 on a rustler who was never caught. Now they don't want him pursued but a bounty hunter doesn't know or maybe he doesn't care.

  15. 15The Kid

    Dec 23, 1961

    Paladin is sent a $100 bill and told there are 9 more like it if he travels to a town called Last Gasp.

  16. 16Squatter's Rights

    Dec 30, 1961

    Costigan is a land owner and cattleman. He was shot by Clemenceau, a squatter on his land. Paladin has offered to help him get rid of the squatter but doesn't approve of his methods.

  17. 17Lazarus

    Jan 6, 1962

    After local boozing champ Big Fontana cheats Paladin in a drink-off, sickly Boise Peabody convinced he'll die by morning, challenges the sneaky fast draw to a shootout.

  18. 18Justice in Hell

    Jan 13, 1962

    Paladin goes after a wagon-master who led the massacre of his own wagon train. Rusty Doggett hides out in a town entirely populated by wanted outlaws.

  19. 19Mark of Cain

    Jan 20, 1962

    Dr. Avatar hires Paladin to guide him to Jack Trueblood, a notorious western badman who has killed many men. Avatar wants to measure Trueblood's head to confirm his research on cranial measurements.

  20. 20The Exiles

    Jan 27, 1962

    General Ortega hires Paladin to recover $16 million in French bonds. Where they are and who has them is already known.

  21. 21The Hunt

    Feb 3, 1962

    Paladin is lured to Oregon under the pretense of a widow in distress. The real reason is to engage him in a deadly hunt with a bored prince.

  22. 22Dream Girl

    Feb 10, 1962

    Paladin rides upon Buddy Webster's mining camp, who needs a big favor. He has been prospecting for gold dust the last five years.

  23. 23One, Two, Three

    Feb 17, 1962

    Samuel Keel hires Paladin to find Seth Carter. Keel gives him the names of three people who can help him find Seth. As Paladin finds them, each is murdered. Paladin is determined to find out why.

  24. 24The Waiting Room

    Feb 24, 1962

    After a 4 state murder spree, the Wilder Brothers head back to Texas for trial, under Paladin's gun.

  25. 25The Trap

    Mar 3, 1962

    A lawman for 23 years, Jim Buell has always done what he believed was right. Taking in Davy Walsh for shooting at his jail while drunk seemed just that.

  26. 26Don't Shoot the Piano Player

    Mar 10, 1962

    With no help from local law enforcement, a writer hires Paladin to find her fiancé; in the roughest gutter on the Barbary coast.

  27. 27Alice

    Mar 17, 1962

    A daughter hires Paladin to help her look for an old friend of his - her mother.

  28. 28The Man Who Struck Moonshine

    Mar 24, 1962

    Moses Kadish is an alcoholic. He moves to middle of nowhere to try to stop drinking and drills a well. The well produces whiskey instead of water.

  29. 29Silent Death, Secret Death

    Mar 31, 1962

    Paladin is asked to look for a missing brother, no matter the cost. When he finds out he's been missing for seven years, he accepts this task.

  30. 30Hobson's Choice

    Apr 7, 1962

    Alfred Nobel, staying at the Carlton, enlists the aid of resident Paladin to recover a mixed up shipment of mineral oil with his more potent nitroglycerin.

  31. 31The Coming of the Tiger

    Apr 14, 1962

    An elder from the Japanese community informs Paladin that a Nationalistic Japanese Priest, accompanied by a Samurai Warrior, is attempting to enter the country illegally.

  32. 32Darwin's Man

    Apr 21, 1962

    A rancher (Kent Smith) pits his sons (Richard Rust, Buzz Martin) against one another in a fight to determine which of them will be his heir.

  33. 33Invasion

    Apr 28, 1962

    The State Department hires Paladin to stop an Irishman (Robert Gist) from invading Canada.

  34. 34Cream of the Jest

    May 5, 1962

    Paladin tries to stay one step ahead of a prankster who may be on the point of playing one prank too many.

  35. 35Bandit

    May 12, 1962

    A girl bandit robs and kills a stagecoach driver for $50,000. When Paladin catches up to her he finds out she is no lady but with his help is willing to learn.

  36. 36Pandora's Box

    May 19, 1962

    Protecting the current administration from low gossip and sensationalism, Paladin is asked to discreetly bring the Secretary's son to justice for murder.

  37. 37Jonah and the Trout

    May 26, 1962

    $20,000 in gold bullion is stolen and dropped into a lake. Paladin decides to try to retrieve it but Jonah, a fisherman, has the spot staked out. He's after a huge trout and doesn't want anyone getting in his way. There's also the three thieves watching and waiting to ambush Paladin once he gets the gold.

  38. 38The Knight

    Jun 2, 1962

    Paladin is hired to find a killer. His usual fee is paid for instead with a ring. A ring that may tie his employer to his quarry with him in the middle.

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Series cast

Richard BoonePaladin225 episodes
Kam TongHey Boy91 episodes
Hal NeedhamEmmet Trager28 episodes
John GeorgeTownsman (uncredited)16 episodes
Lisa LuKim Li12 episodes
Herschel GrahamFather (uncredited)12 episodes
Harry Carey Jr.Sheriff Stander12 episodes
Edward FaulknerDeputy Ed Buhl11 episodes
Roy BarcroftJim Sherwood10 episodes
Hank Patterson9 episodes
Peggy Rea8 episodes
George KennedySam Tarnitzer7 episodes
Denver PylePete Hollister7 episodes
Dorothy DellsWoman7 episodes
Robert KarnesVern Potter6 episodes
Karl Swenson6 episodes
Ben WrightCount Gaspar di Cassals6 episodes
Perry CookBarfly6 episodes

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