Have Gun, Will Travel
"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.
Genre: Action & Adventure, Western
Actor: Richard Boone
Creator: Herb Meadow, Sam Rolfe
Country: United States of America
Type: tv
Season: 1
Episode: 1
Duration: 25m
Release: 1957
Rating: 7.4
Season 1 - Have Gun, Will Travel
21 Sep 1957
"Paladin accepts the task of capturing an escaped criminal, only to form an irregular bond with the convicted man."
28 Sep 1957
"Paladin gambles on eluding an accomplished team of man-hunters in their own stretch of arid wasteland - with the help of an unorthodox Army surplus purchase."
19 Oct 1957
"Paladin forsakes a possibly lucrative appointment in order to guard a young woman from desert perils."
02 Nov 1957
"Paladin plays the sportsman, reluctantly for once, in an effort to reunite a fallen circus performer with his dignity."
23 Nov 1957
"Paladin is hired to research a \"lost chapter\" of western history for a writer he is told has cruel intentions."
07 Dec 1957
"Reckless practical jokes endanger human life as Paladin acquaints an English gentleman with new surroundings."
14 Dec 1957
"Summoned to a frontier fort, Paladin learns from a Major Wilson that the nearby Maricopas -- on whose land sits a legendary goldmine -- have recently turned hostile. Paladine agrees to ..."
21 Dec 1957
"Christmas proves a dangerous time when a rancher chooses family over peace and violence over negotiation."
28 Dec 1957
"Paladin is hired to defend an Armenian maiden's honor, but it soon appears that she may not be the one in need of looking after."
18 Jan 1958
"Paladin's suspicions are aroused after his tailor dies inside his own goldmine."
25 Jan 1958
"Paladin is the subject of a vigilant manhunt after being wrongly accused of the accident that left a rancher's wife crippled."
08 Feb 1958
"Paladin takes the job of giving ten minutes alone with a married woman, who has operatic aspirations, to a young client."
22 Feb 1958
"Paladin's task is to unite a grieving patron with the daughter-in-law he's never met, but the job is complicated by the rather convenient disappearance of any and all identifying documents."
08 Mar 1958
"A right-of-way dispute has turned a small town into a seething battleground for two railroads and Paladin intends to settle it one way or another, whoever hires him."
05 Apr 1958
"To help an old friend, Paladin takes a job guaranteeing a fight against a formidable British boxer when the local Sheriff demands a cut of the action. Keeping the terms of his contract, however, may prove a bit... personal in nature."
26 Apr 1958
"When Philadelphia's penal code is precariously instituted in a frontier town, Paladin decides he owes a favor to an old friend's son."
10 May 1958
"Paladin lends his room to a pair of newlyweds and--when the bride receives a wedding gift of her cat, mutilated--intervenes in a vicious family feud that hinges on the patriarch's sanity."
17 May 1958
"Paladin again assists his friend Phyllis Thackeray, M.D., when impatience and panic threaten to generate a smallpox epidemic."
24 May 1958
"When Paladin finds a quick exit from San Francisco convenient he stumbles into some dangerous prejudice against a family of pacifistic Mennonites."
31 May 1958
"Paladin ventures into Mexico on the trail of a man who, it turns out, has already been arrested and is dead. Another job presents itself, however, in the form of a shipment of silver dug from the ground by prison labor."
Season 2 - Have Gun, Will Travel
20 Sep 1958
"Paladin's quarry is an elderly criminal called Pappy French who insists that every man has a price. Unfortunately, Pappy is also being hunted by more malicious hounds--his own gang."
04 Oct 1958
"Paladin doubts his unlikely task of delaying a state execution until new evidence can be presented can be accomplished without assistance that is not being offered."
18 Oct 1958
"The training Paladin gives a put-upon young man in the art of gunmanship seems to take quite well--all but the most important lesson of all."
01 Nov 1958
"Paladin seeks to thwart mob \"justice\" against a simple young man accused of killing a local womanizer."
08 Nov 1958
"During a bitterly bizarre dispute over an arid region's water supply, Paladin faces a reluctant but deadly gun in the son of resigned shootist."
22 Nov 1958
"Paladin becomes entangled with two paranoid miners and a missing Sharps Buffalo rifle."
06 Dec 1958
"When the noted British humorist plans an appearance in San Francisco, Paladin must extricate Oscar Wilde from the unpleasant predicament of being held for ransom."
13 Dec 1958
"Paladin informs a Corporal Callahan, pinned down by the Apache, that his lottery ticket is worth over half a million dollars."
20 Dec 1958
"Paladin crabbily takes a rich and essentially suicidal alcoholic into his protection while trekking the north country."
17 Jan 1959
"Paladin shares a stage with an enthralling Apache princess and a large shipment of gold."
31 Jan 1959
"Paladin is just passing through when he walks into a blood feud that threatens to destroy a teenage girl just returning to the area."
21 Feb 1959
"The Honourable Diana Coulter writes Paladin to ask that he give her away at the upcoming wedding to a proud Confederate general."
28 Feb 1959
"The story of a creature half bear, half human wandering the Moon Ridge Mountains catches Paladin's eye."
14 Mar 1959
"When his distaste for a potential employer permits a murder to take place on the street in front of him, Paladin ignores an amnesty order to hunt the killer."
21 Mar 1959
"A surrealistic mining camp takes Paladin prisoner as a murder suspect. Paladin's just passing through, making him a perfect patsy for the drunken all-male residents' rough frontier justice ..."
04 Apr 1959
"Paladin's bushwhacked by an arrogant ranch foreman, so he signs on as a cook in the ranch owner's house, to serve revenge up warm. The fact that the widowed owner's a gorgeous dish figures ..."
18 Apr 1959
"Paladin receives an urgent letter from a man he plays chess with through the mail. When he arrives he sees his friend being beaten by two men who dispute his claim and don't want to share ..."
02 May 1959
"Paladin is summoned by a man who he and a prison chaplain saved from hanging. The man (Roy Carter) has heard that the Chaplain has taken to the hills trying to help catch a prison escapee he feels responsible for."
09 May 1959
"Paladin is retained by Aaron Murdock, who has two sons. One, Lew, is a killer, known for enjoying inflicting pain. The other, 19-year-old Jaime, adores his older brother. Aaron Murdock ..."
23 May 1959
"Paladin is hired to escort a recently released, wrongfully convicted man back to the town of Hammond to make reparations. The man who hires him now is the same who hired him to arrest this man two years ago."
30 May 1959
"A killer escapes from prison, steals back to his hometown, then hangs around methodically picking off his enemies. Four respected citizens fall quickly. A terrified local resident contracts..."
13 Jun 1959
"Female lumber mill owner accuses her stepson of a sabotage campaign, and hires Paladin to stop it. After her husband died the widow disinherited the stepson. Motive, opportunity, yes, but ..."
20 Jun 1959
"A feverish old man and his grown son find an abandoned mine dubbed \"Lucifer's Pit.\" They're trying to fight off a gang, led by Dirks, that wants the mine for themselves, thinking it rich in..."
Season 3 - Have Gun, Will Travel
12 Sep 1959
"Two of the three men responsible for hanging Jacob Mordain's son have been gunned down by Fred Horn. The third, heading to Wyoming to face him, is Paladin."
31 Oct 1959
"Paladin is hired by first class chef Etienne (Werner Klemperer) to transport a large piece of plate glass from San Francisco into mining country for his restaurant window. Promised a ..."
21 Nov 1959
"Webster, a man with three daughters, thinks he's found gold. He's worried that feisty Doris, a woman with three sons, is going to take it away from him so he hires Paladin to protect his ..."
12 Dec 1959
"Summoned to a beleaguered Western village to drive off a desperado, Paladin meets a young Native American, who's taken a correspondence course in being a Marshal, and plans to install ..."
19 Dec 1959
"Monk, a grubby and somewhat eccentric cattle thief, latches on to Paladin in the hopes that he will protect him against Rook, a nasty and vicious trail boss."
02 Jan 1960
"A U.S. general is teaching Apaches European military tactics, so Paladin is hired by military intelligence to capture or kill the deserter. The general's Apache wife was raped by his own ..."
16 Jan 1960
"Ike Brennan's wife Maureen is being held hostage by Indians. He hires Paladin to escort him to where the Indians will exchange Maureen for food and blankets. Before Paladin can get Maureen ..."
23 Jan 1960
"Paladin intercedes to delay a stalker until his prey Jenny has left San Francisco, but another man, who's eerily calm, KOs Paladin from behind. On horseback, Paladin catches up with her ..."
30 Jan 1960
"An Indian chief asks Paladin for help. His son has been convicted of murder by the army and sentenced to be executed. The chief wants Paladin to help make sure that the boy will be buried ..."
06 Feb 1960
"Paladin is hired to protect Aaron Bell from the townspeople who all may want to kill the just released convict. He was sentenced for treason, protecting his fugitive brother Paul from the ..."
13 Feb 1960
"Paladin rides upon a group of men heading to Mercerville. When they see a stranger on the cliff side swept away by an avalanche, it's soon revealed why each of them has their reasons why ..."
05 Mar 1960
"Paladin is hired by the San Francisco Police to watch over its first Asian officer, who's had a bounty placed on his head by the tongs but has refused protection for fear of losing face."
19 Mar 1960
"Vain old gasbag challenges a young fop to a duel, so Paladin is hired to go to New Orleans to stop it. Complicating Paladin's assignment are his attraction to the older combatant's luscious..."
26 Mar 1960
"Paladin drops his current seduction, to instead kill a husband and marry the rich widow. That's his cover for the assignment from husband Haskel, who reads a chilling message between the ..."
16 Apr 1960
"When Doggie's shooting arm is injured winning a gunfight, the impoverished citizens dig deep to rabidly bet on who will finish off their local menace (and when). Passerby Paladin wants ..."
Season 4 - Have Gun, Will Travel
17 Sep 1960
"Pelt scavenger Monk returns to plague Paladin when Monk inherits 50% of the Barbary Coast's swankest nightclub. Paladin has to Pygmalion the odoriferous Monk just to stay the disco's ..."
19 Nov 1960
"Paladin is hired to find an old prospector who's looking for an Indian silver mine."
26 Nov 1960
"Marshal Lamport wires Paladin. His son, accused of killing Burt Gulley, is on the run. He needs his help making sure he is brought to trial instead of killed by Burt's father, a member of the posse."
10 Dec 1960
"Paladin joins a posse determined to capture Sam Tarnitzer. When he finds and shoots him, Sam writes a deathbed will leaving his considerable holdings to him -- unless one of the posse should kill him first."
17 Dec 1960
"Paladin is approached about a justified killing he was involved in over a decade ago. A then 13 year old is now to be hanged for his alleged involvement with one brother who was killed by ..."
28 Jan 1961
"Paladin receives a desperate plea from an unidentified woman to meet in Patchwork Junction. With the note is his retainer - a diamond brooch with a purported appraised value of $2000 - ..."
25 Feb 1961
"A snow blizzard strands Paladin, a marshal and his prisoner at a cabin. Horseless and wounded they must try to get the prisoner to jail before he can talk his way out of his shackles. But ..."
04 Mar 1961
"Paladin reads of an old sheriff friend in Texas from a newspaper article of two escapees just convicted of murder they said they only meant as a fandango. The brother of the deceased is a ..."
18 Mar 1961
"Paladin is hired to retrieve a stolen gold bar taken from a bank before the state examiner comes Monday. When he catches up to the clerk who took it, complications ensue and instead helps him put the bar back."
25 Mar 1961
"In Temple City, Danceman prohibits guns, killing any gunmen he encounters. When Paladin visits his pal Cus Mincus, the beefy Danceman doesn't exempt the Man in Black, informing him that '..."
08 Apr 1961
"Paladin is hired to try anything short of killing a silver miner. His only shortcoming: comes to town twice a year, gets drunk and tears up the town. He's willing to do just that but it must be his way with no interference from the town."
29 Apr 1961
"Paladin responds to a note he receives that says a man who single-handedly captured the Stoner gang has refused to go after the Bradley gang after they shot up and robbed the Big Oak bank. ..."
06 May 1961
"On his way to Santa Fe to collect a $2500 reward, Paladin is attacked and nearly killed by a puma. Nearly unconscious, two men walk up and deciding that he won't make it, take his horse, ..."
10 Jun 1961
"Paladin responds to an ad offering a $2000 reward for the twins who killed two deputies and wounded four bystanders. He captures one; the other is already dead \"of natural causes.\" But he ..."
Season 5 - Have Gun, Will Travel
30 Sep 1961
"Paladin takes a $500 stagecoach ride with an embezzler, a convicted cutthroat, an adulteress and a murderer to collect the other half of that bill. He runs into a Mexican bandit bent on ..."
21 Oct 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."
04 Nov 1961
"Paladin crosses paths with Sarah Gibbs on her way to see her husband's hanging for a crime he did commit. A proper burial is all she is seeking but she has a paper that says she can't even ..."
09 Dec 1961
"Paladin receives a telegram from the heirs to the Caloca fortune requesting he come and help retrieve their father before he is injured or worse, killed. What he hasn't been told is the son..."
06 Jan 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. Paladin helped Boise..."
13 Jan 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. Finding someone to betray Doggett in ..."
10 Feb 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. He asks Paladin to help him get to Jackson City to find a ..."
10 Mar 1962
"With no help from local law enforcement, a writer hires Paladin to find her fianc\u00e9; in the roughest gutter on the Barbary coast. When they find him, the bet to win him back may be more than the writer can afford to lose or win."
21 Apr 1962
"Tully Coombs wires Paladin. He wants his infamous father to give him 160 acres to start a family. The father only wants to give it all to the best man of his two sons - the way Darwin describes in his famous book."
Season 6 - Have Gun, Will Travel
29 Sep 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. The old man who turned that into a lie still ..."
20 Oct 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 ..."
03 Nov 1962
"Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence. But he finds he may have to enlist his aid as they are without a ..."
10 Nov 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 ..."
26 Jan 1963
"Fleeing banditos, Paladin seeks shelter from a peasant and his beautiful, scheming wife, their marriage at the breaking point. After being driven from their rural home, the husband hopes to..."
09 Feb 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. Stopping for a night of rest, Paladin finds the ..."
16 Mar 1963
"An art collector hires Paladin to guide him, and his strangely childlike daughter, to the camp of a reclusive sculptor. But the collector does not tell Paladin his real reason for wanting to find the artist."
30 Mar 1963
"Paladin agrees to help a Chinese woman flee back to her homeland, rather than take part in an arranged marriage. They are awaiting a ship that will arrive at an isolated spot outside of San..."
20 Apr 1963
"A bank hires Paladin to collect $10,000 from a rancher. When the rancher is found murdered, and the money missing, the rancher's associates accuse a band of gypsies of being responsible. ..."
