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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 sixth and final season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 15, 1962 to April 20, 1963. The Region 1 DVD was released on May 7, 2013 in two volumes.

32 episodes
  1. 1Genesis

    Sep 15, 1962

    After an unsuccessful attempt on his life by young Roderick Jefferson, Paladin is prompted into remembering a similar incident from his past. Once, as a youth, he agreed to pay off a gambling debt by shooting it out with a professional gunfighter.

  2. 2Taylor's Woman

    Sep 22, 1962

    A hen-pecked rancher, in San Francisco to marry his housekeeper, hires Paladin to help him get out doing so.

  3. 3The Fifth Bullet

    Sep 29, 1962

    After eight years, Paladin tries to repay a convict for the lie he was told when he arrested him. "I promise you a fair trial" is what he said.

  4. 4A Place For Abel Hix

    Oct 6, 1962

    Hix sends for Paladin. When he arrives in town, he finds that Hix was killed in a gunfight even though he's the fastest man with gun who ever lived.

  5. 5Beau Geste

    Oct 13, 1962

    After 15 years in office, Sheriff Dobbs is retiring and some old enemies are just waiting for the day he turns in his badge. Paladin received a newspaper clipping about the sheriff and $10 to save Dobbs' life.

  6. 6Bird of Time

    Oct 20, 1962

    Paladin rides upon a man named Stryker hanging from a tree. When he learns Paladin is after the same man but with a warrant, he says he has stronger reasons and hopes he won't get in his way.

  7. 7Memories of Monica

    Oct 27, 1962

    Repaying a debt, Paladin rides to Valley Heart. Sheriff Reagan awaits the return of a native son who has been jailed for the past six years.

  8. 8The Predators

    Nov 3, 1962

    Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.

  9. 9Shootout at Hogtooth

    Nov 10, 1962

    Hogtooth gets more ridicule than usual, when 3 gunmen take over the town, after cleaning it up. Each was hired in secret by a town council member, so the enforcers band together to suck Hogtooth dry.

  10. 10A Miracle for St. Francis

    Nov 17, 1962

    Paladin rides to the San Luis Rey church in search of a very old brandy. When he is asked by the Padre to retrieve a statue of worship, they strike a bargain where they both may get what they want.

  11. 11Marshal of Sweetwater

    Nov 24, 1962

    Sweetwater was a wild town before Thomas Carey, a retired Army scout and old friend of Paladin, became marshal. But Carey has taken over complete control and turned into a killer. Paladin has to stop him and Carey has always seemed the faster of the two.

  12. 12Man in an Hourglass

    Dec 1, 1962

    A doctor who once saved Paladin's life calls upon him to find and safely bring back the son of a one-time sweetheart. The young man has "taken to the hills" to track down his father's killer.

  13. 13Penelope

    Dec 8, 1962

    Paladin meets a drunken Col Lacey at the Carlton. He is there fearful of going home to his lovely wife after being away for some time seeking his fortune.

  14. 14Trial at Tablerock

    Dec 15, 1962

    Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.

  15. 15Be Not Forgetful of Strangers

    Dec 22, 1962

    Paladin rides into a Texas town at Christmas time and encounters a saloon full of merrymakers. Soon afterward a cowboy brings in a pregnant girl who may not survive the impending birth.

  16. 16The Treasure

    Dec 29, 1962

    Jess Harden, about to be released from prison for an $80K robbery he says he didn't commit, returns to the same town not knowing that it's a ghost town.

  17. 17Brotherhood

    Jan 5, 1963

    Abe and Jim Redrock are both well educated. The only problem they always run into is they are also Indians. Abe stays true to his heritage, causing trouble for the elected sheriff of Latigo.

  18. 18Bob Wire

    Jan 12, 1963

    Bob Wire hires Paladin, C.O.D., to escort him and his wagon load of barb wire to Anderson.

  19. 19The Debutante

    Jan 19, 1963

    Mrs. Quincy longs to see her granddaughter who has been away since she was six. When her daughter and husband died in the mine fields, she was taken in.

  20. 20Unforgiving Minute

    Jan 26, 1963

    Fleeing banditos, Paladin seeks shelter from a peasant and his beautiful, scheming wife, their marriage at the breaking point.

  21. 21American Primitive

    25 minFeb 2, 1963

    Paladin is joined by his friend Ernie Backwater, an aging sheriff who is out to capture Will Tybee, a wanted fugitive who has spent his life searching for the man who murdered his son.

  22. 22The Burning Tree

    Feb 9, 1963

    Paladin is escorting a unique prisoner to a trial and certain conviction. A man who has been married seven times and murdered all of them.

  23. 23Cage at McNaab

    Feb 16, 1963

    Paladin is asked by the wife of a man who is condemned to die to visit him in prison and see if new evidence can be found to clear her husband.

  24. 24The Caravan

    Feb 23, 1963

    Paladin is hired to escort a Rani and her party across 150 miles of desert to a safe haven. The Rani is from a country fighting a civil war and she is to be the new leader if her side is victorious.

  25. 25The Walking Years

    Mar 2, 1963

    A letter from a friend brings Paladin to a bar where he's drugged. He wakes up chained and in the company of a man with a similar story and a woman who's path they've both crossed before.

  26. 26Sweet Lady of the Moon

    Mar 9, 1963

    Carl Soddenberg committed a heinous, murderous act. Paladin is hired to get him to an asylum and keep the family's survivors at bay who are out for revenge.

  27. 27The Savages

    Mar 16, 1963

    An art collector hires Paladin to guide him, and his strangely childlike daughter, to the camp of a reclusive sculptor.

  28. 28The Eve of St. Elmo

    Mar 23, 1963

    Colonel Draco invites Paladin to investigate an "insurrection" over water rights. Paladin discovers that Draco was crippled eight months previously and wants revenge. Paladin has no intention of being Draco's executioner.

  29. 29Lady of the Fifth Moon

    Mar 30, 1963

    Paladin comes to pay his respects to the mother of a Chinese man who is killed. She asks Paladin to meet a ship bound for China and see that her granddaughter is brought safely aboard.

  30. 30Two Plus One

    Apr 6, 1963

    Paladin is riding to meet a lovely French lady in Los Angelos. On the way he encounters an Indian maiden being attacked. The girl, Taymanee, after being rescued, informs Paladin that she now belongs to him. His tryst takes a bad turn when Taymanee's attackers return.

  31. 31The Black Bull

    Apr 13, 1963

    After being tortured, Paladin, becomes a surrogate bull for a famous, but now insane bullfighter, Nino Ybarra..

  32. 32Face of a Shadow

    Apr 20, 1963

    Paladin is hired by a man to deliver ten thousand dollars. When the man is found dead, with the money missing, Paladin has to sift through a numbr of suspects, including a band of gypsies and the men who found the body.

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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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