Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

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

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WesternAction & AdventureDrama

Ratings

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7.3/10(42)

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.

Production

Filmaster Productions, CBS

Language

EN

Status

Ended

First Aired

September 14, 1957

Last Aired

April 20, 1963

Networks

CBS

Created By

Sam Rolfe, Herb Meadow

Where to Watch
Region US · Lang EN
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Seasons & Episodes
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Season
E1
Three Bells to Perdido
Air date: 1957-09-14
New Mexico rancher Jesse Reade hires Paladin for $1,000 to bring back outlaw Dave Enderly, who has run off to Perdido, Mexico with Reade's daughter Nancy.
E2
The Outlaw
Air date: 1957-09-21
Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, or to see his family for the last time? The banker hires Paladin.
E3
The Great Mojave Chase
Air date: 1957-09-28
A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up riding a camel, the man decides that the only way he can still win is to get rid of Paladin.
E4
Winchester Quarantine
Air date: 1957-10-05
At a stagecoach stop, Paladin sees a peaceful Cherokee rancher being beaten by white men who think his cattle are spreading a sickness. Paladin offers his help.
E5
A Matter of Ethics
Air date: 1957-10-12
An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Paladin to make sure he gets there alive.
E6
The Bride
Air date: 1957-10-19
When a mail-order bride from Philadelphia gets off the stagecoach in the middle of nowhere, Paladin decides to stay with her to make sure that she is safe.
E7
Strange Vendetta
Air date: 1957-10-26
Paladin's new friend, stabbed by an assassin, makes a dying request to have his body taken back home to his hacienda in Mexico.
E8
High Wire
Air date: 1957-11-02
A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin sees that the gambler intends to cheat, he decides to help even the odds.
E9
Show of Force
Air date: 1957-11-09
After winning a batch of old rifles in a poker game, Paladin finds himself involved in a range war.
E10
The Long Night
Air date: 1957-11-16
A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to the murder of the rancher's wife.
E11
The Colonel and the Lady
Air date: 1957-11-23
A retired colonel sends Paladin to a Nevada mining town to find out what happened to a former saloon girl.
E12
No Visitors
Air date: 1957-11-30
When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagonmaster, he enlists the aid of a female doctor from a nearby town, but a religious fanatic then tries to bar them from entry.
E13
The Englishman
Air date: 1957-12-07
Paladin escorts an Englishman to his female cousin's ranch they have inherited in Montana, but finds that an embittered trader is plotting against them.
E14
The Yuma Treasure
Air date: 1957-12-14
Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladin must deal with soldiers who have caught gold fever.
E15
The Hanging Cross
Air date: 1957-12-21
On Christmas eve, an embittered rancher wants revenge on Pawnee Indians who he thinks kidnapped his son several years before.
E16
Helen of Abajinian
Air date: 1957-12-28
An Armenian winemaker hires Paladin to find his runaway daughter and break up her ill-considered romance with a cowhand.
E17
Ella West
Air date: 1958-01-04
The promoter of a wild west show asks Paladin for help taming down a very wild and famous female sharpshooter and show her how to act like a lady.
E18
The Reasonable Man
Air date: 1958-01-11
A rancher having a dispute with his foster son hires Paladin to keep one of them from killing the other in a duel.
E19
The High-Graders
Air date: 1958-01-18
When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murdered and his heirs are being swindled.
E20
The Last Laugh
Air date: 1958-01-25
A rancher blames Paladin when a practical joke goes awry and his wife is crippled in a riding accident.
E21
The Bostonian
Air date: 1958-02-02
Paladin protects a new landowner from Boston, who is having an escalating feud with an established cattle rancher.
E22
The Singer
Air date: 1958-02-08
A cowboy seeks help for his former girlfriend, a dancehall singer, who he says was forced into marriage and is now being held prisoner.
E23
Bitter Wine
Air date: 1958-02-15
Paladin is hired to stop a vineyard from being ruined by seepage from an adjacent oil well.
E24
Girl from Piccadilly
Air date: 1958-02-22
Learning of his son's death, a rich man hires Paladin to locate the daughter-in-law he's never met, but Paladin finds two women both claiming to be her.
E25
The O'Hare Story
Air date: 1958-03-01
Hired to prevent the construction of a dam that would imperil a town's water supply, Paladin finds that he sympathizes more with the Irish engineer who's trying to build it.
E26
Birds of a Feather
Air date: 1958-03-08
Paladin must contend with other gunfighters as he tries to settle a right-of-way dispute between two railroads in a Colorado town that will die if they go elsewhere.
E27
The Teacher
Air date: 1958-03-15
Paladin defends a schoolmistress who's being theatened for teaching about war crimes that took place during the Civil War.
E28
Killer's Widow
Air date: 1958-03-22
After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow and tries to make amends.
E29
Gun Shy
Air date: 1958-03-29
Trying to locate the thieves who stole a jade chess set, Paladin ends up in a small Montana town where he becomes involved in a romance with a landlady's daughter.
E30
The Prizefight Story
Air date: 1958-04-05
When Paladin goes to a mining town to promote a prizefight, his boxer is arrested and he ends up having to take the man's place in the ring -- against the Welsh champion.
E31
Hey Boy's Revenge
Air date: 1958-04-12
When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.
E32
The Five Books of Owen Deaver
Air date: 1958-04-26
Paladin comes to the aid of a young sheriff from the East whose attempts to keep law and order are particularly unsuitable for a cowboy town in Wyoming.
E33
The Silver Queen
Air date: 1958-05-03
Lonely Leadhead Kane dies and leaves his half of a mine to an actress. Kane's partner wants to challenge the will. Someone wants to make sure Paladin never gets the woman to the courtroom.
E34
Three Sons
Air date: 1958-05-10
Newlyweds with no place to stay end up in Paladin's suite. He learns that the groom's half-brothers are threatening to kill their father. Paladin goes to warn the father.
E35
The Return of Dr. Thackeray
Air date: 1958-05-17
Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need to be vaccinated. Dr. Thackeray sends for the one man she thinks can help.
E36
24 Hours at North Fork
Air date: 1958-05-24
When a blight kills all the crops except for one farmer's, Paladin must protect him from a greedy storekeeper who wants his farm and his hired gun who has a personal grudge against Paladin.
E37
Silver Convoy
Air date: 1958-05-31
Paladin is hired to find James Becker. He trails him to Monterey and discovers he has been arrested and is sentenced to work in a silver mine. Paladin finds that Becker has died in a cave-in or so he is told. The owner of the mine hires Paladin to guard a silver convoy, but first Paladin wants to find out a little more about the mine.
E38
Deliver the Body
Air date: 1958-06-07
Paladin is hired to bring in the killer of the sheriff in a Nevada town. He brings him in but has some doubts about his guilt and decides to hang around for the trial.
E39
The Statue of San Sebastian
Air date: 1958-06-14
Paladin agrees to capture an outlaw in return for a statue belonging to the local mission.

Cast

Richard Boone

Richard Boone

Paladin

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