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Have Gun, Will Travel
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.
- Created by:
- Sam Rolfe, Herb Meadow
- Cast:
- Richard Boone
- Language:
- English
- Country:
- United States of America
- Network:
- CBS
Episode guide
Seasons
Season 2
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
★ 9.0The Manhunter
1958-09-13 · 30mPaladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.
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E02
Episode 2
★ 9.0In an Evil Time
1958-09-20 · 30mPappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy and the money back.
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E03
Episode 3
★ 8.0The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
1958-09-27 · 30mChris Sorenson is shy around women and he asks Paladin to help him with his new neighbor, Senorita Maria de Castro, a lady rancher. Complicating the matter is cattle missing from the de Castro ranch.
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E04
Episode 4
★ 8.0The Hanging of Roy Carter
1958-10-04 · 30mRoy Carter is scheduled to be hanged. Another man confesses to the murder just before the execution is to take place. Paladin is hired to try to convince the warden to delay the hanging until the Governor can be reached.
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E05
Episode 5
★ 8.0Duel at Florence
1958-10-11 · 30mPaladin receives a letter with a bank draft for $82.17 from Ernie Teller asking for help with a matrimonial problem.
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E06
Episode 6
★ 8.0The Protege
1958-10-18 · 30mPaladin answers an ad in the paper by Kurt Sprague: ""Teach me to quick draw and shoot. Instruction desperately needed. Will pay one thousand dollars. Only experts need apply."" Kurt needs to learn in order to go back home. Paladin does a very good job. Only one problem: Kurt enjoys showing off his new found skill a little too much.
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Episode 7
★ 8.0The Road to Wickenburg
1958-10-25 · 30mPaladin wakes up after being drugged, beaten and robbed in the town of Blue Bell by five men, one of whom is the town's sheriff. They took his money, gun, bullets, horse and saddle. All he has left is his two-shot derringer.
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E08
Episode 8
★ 8.0A Sense of Justice
1958-11-01 · 30mThe sheriff of a small town needs help to prevent the lynching of simple-minded Andy Dawes. The townspeople are sure he is a murderer. Paladin offers to help
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E09
Episode 9
★ 8.0Young Gun
1958-11-08 · 30mAn ex-gunfighter, Roy Calvert, blames the people of Benedict for his wife's death. The town is in the middle of a bad drought and Calvert and his son are blocking the only access to water in the area. Calvert has trained his son to be a gunfighter and Paladin has to face them both.
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E10
Episode 10
★ 7.0The Lady
1958-11-15 · 30mA British woman, Diana Coulter, hires Paladin to guide her to her brother's ranch in Shiprock, Arizona, where the Comanches are on the warpath.
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E11
Episode 11
★ 8.0A Snare for Murder
1958-11-22 · 30mTwo ornery old gold miners, who hate each other, have struck it rich. Problem is they talk too much, and now it appears someone is trying to kill them.
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E12
Episode 12
★ 7.0The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
1958-12-06 · 30mPaladin is hired to protect Oscar Wilde. Another 3 men apply for the job, but after Paladin upstages them they kidnap Wilde for ransom. Paladin takes care of them, his way.
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E13
Episode 13
★ 7.0The Solid Gold Patrol
1958-12-13 · 30mPaladin goes to inform a calvary corporal that he has won $600,000 in a lottery. But they may not live to cash in the ticket, they are trapped by several dozen hostile Indians.
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E14
Episode 14
★ 7.0Something to Live For
1958-12-20 · 30mOn his way to help a man and his daughter over a land dispute, Paladin encounters a wealthy, drunk and helpless man whose guide left him behind to die.
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Episode 15
★ 8.0The Moor's Revenge
1958-12-27 · 30mShakespearean actors are going to perform in San Diego during their roundup. They are in for a rough reception. A lovesick gunfighter is among the audience. The show's promoter hires Paladin to keep the peace.
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E16
Episode 16
★ 8.0The Wager
1959-01-03 · 30mSid Morgan hires Paladin to protect him from someone who is trying to kill him. After killing the gunfighter who was following them, Paladin finds out the real reason Morgan hired him. He then hands out his own brand of justice.
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E17
Episode 17
★ 8.0The Taffeta Mayor
1959-01-10 · 30mJohn Kellaway, who is running for mayor of Colton, Wyoming, hires Paladin to protect him from his opposition. When he is killed before Paladin can get there, Paladin persuades John's widow to run for mayor.
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E18
Episode 18
★ 9.0Lady on the Stagecoach
1959-01-17 · 30mPaladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of gold, which Ed Rance wants.
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E19
Episode 19
★ 9.0Treasure Trail
1959-01-24 · 30mPaladin wins part of a treasure map in a poker game and goes in search of the treasure with three other men.
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E20
Episode 20
★ 7.0Juliet
1959-01-31Juliet Harper is being hunted by the grandsons of Colonel Jeremiah Pike. Paladin meets her on the stage and now the Colonel is after both of them, and Paladin is without a gun.
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Episode 21
★ 8.0Hunt the Man Down
1959-02-07Paladin finds himself reluctantly drawn into a deadly dispute between two brothers who are also old aquaintances.
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E22
Episode 22
★ 8.0The Scorched Feather
1959-02-14Robert Ceilbleu hires Paladin to protect his father from a Comanche war chief who has sworn to kill him. After arriving at the remote cabin of William Ceilbleu, he learns the reason for the Indian's hatred.
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Episode 23
★ 8.0The Return of the Lady
1959-02-21Diana Coulter (The Lady, Episode 49) wires Paladin and asks him to come to her wedding to ""give the bride away"".
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Episode 24
★ 8.0The Monster of Moon Ridge
1959-02-28The townspeople of Moon Ridge, Colorado believe there are monsters in the mountains. Dan Bella's daughter is taken by something and he finds strange footprints outside his daughter's window. Paladin is hired to find out what is up on the ridge.
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Episode 25
★ 7.0The Long Hunt
1959-03-07Thomas Orday, half Comanche, has killed two men and wounded Dundee, a former Indian fighter. He is now hiding in the mountains of New Mexico. Paladin is hired to help track him down.
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Episode 26
★ 8.0Death of a Gunfighter
1959-03-14A ruthless gunfighter who has killed 9 men is wanted by the townspeople, who hire Paladin. The gunfighter's brother has been hanged and left out in the sreet to trap the gunfighter. On seeing this, Paladin quits the job. The gunfighter shows up and kills all the townspeople who were gunning for him. Then he and Paladin come to an agreement that if he hangs up his guns he can go back to his hometown to marry his sweetheart. But it turns out that she has fallen in love with someone else, and more trouble ensues.
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Episode 27
★ 7.0Incident at Borrasca Bend
1959-03-21Arriving in a weird tent town to return money to a prospector, Paladin finds himself charged with the man's murder and tried by a kangaroo court.
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Episode 28
★ 8.0Maggie O'Bannion
1959-04-04After being bushwhacked and having 'everything' taken, Paladin walks to the nearest ranch and manages to get hired on as a handyman.
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Episode 29
★ 8.0The Chase
1959-04-11Paul Martin is a bank clerk accused of robbing the bank and killing a deputy. His wife hires Paladin to find her husband before the posse does.
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Episode 30
★ 8.0Alaska
1959-04-18Paladin play chess by mail with Boris, who is living in Alaska. Paladin receives what he assumes is Boris' next move but instead is a request for help. Boris is being forced out of territory he has hunted and trapped on for years. Paladin heads for Alaska to help.
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Episode 31
★ 8.0The Man Who Lost
1959-04-25Paladin goes after a man who murdered a man and attacked the man's wife. The victim's two brothers are also after him and don't intend to allow him to live long enough to stand trial.
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Episode 32
★ 8.0The Return of Roy Carter
1959-05-02Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.
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Episode 33
★ 7.0The Sons of Aaron Murdock
1959-05-09Paladin becomes a bounty hunter when a rancher hires him to bring in his son, who's become a sadistic, vicious killer.
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Episode 34
★ 7.0Comanche
1959-05-16 · 30mPaladin is hired to find a U.S. Army corporal, who is a deserter and the son of a general. Paladin must travel into Indian territory as he seeks the corporal. Along the way, Paladin encounters a soldier he knew from his own time in the Army. It turns out the corporal is part of the 7th Calvary, and is part of the command of George Custer.
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Episode 35
★ 8.0Homecoming
1959-05-23 · 30mWrongly convicted Ed Stacy, whom Paladin helped to put in prison, is being released after being pardoned. Will Stanhope, who runs the local freight office, hires Paladin to protect him from Stacy. Paladin soon wonders who is really in danger.
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Episode 36
★ 8.0The Fifth Man
1959-05-30 · 30mBen Talman, who has murdered 12 men, escaped from jail. He kills four men in Yucca Bend within one week. Paladin is hired to bring him in.
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Episode 37
★ 7.0Heritage of Anger
1959-06-06 · 30mPaladin is hired to protect the Avery family from Manuel Garcia. Garicia is a Mexican bandit who seems to have taken a special interest in their son.
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Episode 38
★ 7.0The Haunted Trees
1959-06-13 · 30mBen Howard is disinherited in his father's will. When his father dies, Mrs. Sarah Howard takes over running the family's lumber company. She claims that Ben is sabotaging the work and scaring off the workers. Mrs. Howard hires Paladin to stop the problems and get rid of Ben.
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Episode 39
★ 7.0Gold and Brimstone
1959-06-20 · 30mPaladin finds a sick old man and his son trying to protect their mine from claim jumpers. The old man is delirious and thinks that Paladin is the devil and has only offered to help in exchange for their souls.
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Richard Boone
Paladin