Have Gun, Will Travel

Name: Have Gun, Will Travel
Genre: Western, Action & Adventure, Drama
Released: 1957-09-14
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Richard Boone

ENDED6 Seasons225 Episodes★ 7.3

Have Gun, Will Travel is a western and action-adventure series on CBS that ran from 1957 to 1963, ending after 6 seasons and 225 episodes.

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NetworkCBS

First AiredSep 14, 1957

Last AiredApr 20, 1963

GenreWestern, Action & Adventure, Drama

Runtime25 min

Created BySam Rolfe, Herb Meadow

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

ProductionFilmaster Productions, CBS

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.

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Cast

Richard Boone

Paladin

Seasons & Episodes6 seasons · 225 episodes

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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.

E1Genesis

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.

E2Taylor'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.

E3The 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.

E4A 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.

E5Beau 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.

E6Bird 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.

E7Memories 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.

E8The 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.

E9Shootout 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.

E10A 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.

E11Marshal 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.

E12Man 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.

E13Penelope

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.

E14Trial 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.

E15Be 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.

E16The 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.

E17Brotherhood

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.

E18Bob Wire

Jan 12, 1963

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

E19The 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.

E20Unforgiving Minute

Jan 26, 1963

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

E21American Primitive

Feb 2, 196325m

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.

E22The 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.

E23Cage 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.

E24The 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.

E25The 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.

E26Sweet 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.

E27The Savages

Mar 16, 1963

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

E28The 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.

E29Lady 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.

E30Two 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.

E31The Black Bull

Apr 13, 1963

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

E32Face 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.

About Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel is a western, action & adventure, drama series on CBS. The show first aired on Sep 14, 1957 and currently has 6 seasons and 225 episodes. Have Gun, Will Travel has ended. It has a rating of 7.3/10 based on 44 votes. The cast includes Richard Boone. Created by Sam Rolfe and Herb Meadow.