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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 5
Episodes
E01
Episode 1
The Vigil
1961-09-16Paladin 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.
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E02
Episode 2
The Education of Sarah Jane
1961-09-23The 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.
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E03
Episode 3
The Revenger
1961-09-30Paladin takes a $500 stagecoach ride with an embezzler, a convicted cutthroat, and a murderer to collect the other half of that bill.
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E04
Episode 4
Odds for Big Red
1961-10-07Paladin trails a killer and bank robber to a saloon but while trying to capture him, the saloon's owner, Big Red, is shot.
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E05
Episode 5
A Proof of Love
1961-10-14Paladin 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.
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E06
Episode 6
The Gospel Singer
1961-10-21Bugbear 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.
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E07
Episode 7
The Race
1961-10-28Paladin 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.
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E08
Episode 8
The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs
1961-11-04Singer Odetta plays Sarah Gibbs, who is barred by a marshal from visiting her condemned husband.
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E09
Episode 9
The Piano
1961-11-11European 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.
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E10
Episode 10
Ben Jalisco
1961-11-18Escaped 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.
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E11
Episode 11
The Brothers
1961-11-25Will prospector Possum Corbin rescue Paladin from dying in a desert, if Paladin reads the encyclopedia to him?
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E12
Episode 12
A Drop of Blood
1961-12-02Paladin 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.
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E13
Episode 13
A Knight to Remember
1961-12-09Paladin 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.
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E14
Episode 14
Blind Circle
1961-12-16Two 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.
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E15
Episode 15
The Kid
1961-12-23Paladin is sent a $100 bill and told there are 9 more like it if he travels to a town called Last Gasp.
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E16
Episode 16
Squatter's Rights
1961-12-30Costigan 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.
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E17
Episode 17
Lazarus
1962-01-06After 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.
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E18
Episode 18
Justice in Hell
1962-01-13Paladin 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.
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E19
Episode 19
Mark of Cain
1962-01-20Dr. 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.
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E20
Episode 20
The Exiles
1962-01-27General Ortega hires Paladin to recover $16 million in French bonds. Where they are and who has them is already known.
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E21
Episode 21
The Hunt
1962-02-03Paladin 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.
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E22
Episode 22
Dream Girl
1962-02-10Paladin rides upon Buddy Webster's mining camp, who needs a big favor. He has been prospecting for gold dust the last five years.
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E23
Episode 23
One, Two, Three
1962-02-17Samuel 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.
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E24
Episode 24
The Waiting Room
1962-02-24After a 4 state murder spree, the Wilder Brothers head back to Texas for trial, under Paladin's gun.
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E25
Episode 25
The Trap
1962-03-03A 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.
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E26
Episode 26
Don't Shoot the Piano Player
1962-03-10With no help from local law enforcement, a writer hires Paladin to find her fiancé; in the roughest gutter on the Barbary coast.
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E27
Episode 27
Alice
1962-03-17A daughter hires Paladin to help her look for an old friend of his - her mother.
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E28
Episode 28
The Man Who Struck Moonshine
1962-03-24Moses 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.
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E29
Episode 29
Silent Death, Secret Death
1962-03-31Paladin 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.
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E30
Episode 30
Hobson's Choice
1962-04-07Alfred 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.
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E31
Episode 31
The Coming of the Tiger
1962-04-14An elder from the Japanese community informs Paladin that a Nationalistic Japanese Priest, accompanied by a Samurai Warrior, is attempting to enter the country illegally.
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E32
Episode 32
Darwin's Man
1962-04-21A 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.
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E33
Episode 33
Invasion
1962-04-28The State Department hires Paladin to stop an Irishman (Robert Gist) from invading Canada.
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E34
Episode 34
Cream of the Jest
1962-05-05Paladin tries to stay one step ahead of a prankster who may be on the point of playing one prank too many.
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E35
Episode 35
Bandit
1962-05-12A 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.
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E36
Episode 36
Pandora's Box
1962-05-19Protecting the current administration from low gossip and sensationalism, Paladin is asked to discreetly bring the Secretary's son to justice for murder.
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E37
Episode 37
Jonah and the Trout
1962-05-26$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.
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E38
Episode 38
The Knight
1962-06-02Paladin 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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Richard Boone
Paladin