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Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel — Season 2

IMDb 7.3 HD 1957 6 Seasons 225 Episodes

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.

Episodes

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E1 The Manhunter
Aired 13 Sep 1958

Paladin 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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E2 In an Evil Time
Aired 20 Sep 1958

Pappy 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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E3 The Man Who Wouldn't Talk
Aired 27 Sep 1958

Chris 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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E4 The Hanging of Roy Carter
Aired 04 Oct 1958

Roy 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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E5 Duel at Florence
Aired 11 Oct 1958

Paladin receives a letter with a bank draft for $82.17 from Ernie Teller asking for help with a matrimonial problem.

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E6 The Protege
Aired 18 Oct 1958

Paladin 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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E7 The Road to Wickenburg
Aired 25 Oct 1958

Paladin 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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E8 A Sense of Justice
Aired 01 Nov 1958

The 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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E9 Young Gun
Aired 08 Nov 1958

An 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 The Lady
Aired 15 Nov 1958

A 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 A Snare for Murder
Aired 22 Nov 1958

Two 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 The Ballad of Oscar Wilde
Aired 06 Dec 1958

Paladin 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 The Solid Gold Patrol
Aired 13 Dec 1958

Paladin 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 Something to Live For
Aired 20 Dec 1958

On 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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E15 The Moor's Revenge
Aired 27 Dec 1958

Shakespearean 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 The Wager
Aired 03 Jan 1959

Sid 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 The Taffeta Mayor
Aired 10 Jan 1959

John 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 Lady on the Stagecoach
Aired 17 Jan 1959

Paladin 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 Treasure Trail
Aired 24 Jan 1959

Paladin 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 Juliet
Aired 31 Jan 1959

Juliet 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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E21 Hunt the Man Down
Aired 07 Feb 1959

Paladin finds himself reluctantly drawn into a deadly dispute between two brothers who are also old aquaintances.

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E22 The Scorched Feather
Aired 14 Feb 1959

Robert 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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E23 The Return of the Lady
Aired 21 Feb 1959

Diana Coulter (The Lady, Episode 49) wires Paladin and asks him to come to her wedding to ""give the bride away"".

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E24 The Monster of Moon Ridge
Aired 28 Feb 1959

The 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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E25 The Long Hunt
Aired 07 Mar 1959

Thomas 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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E26 Death of a Gunfighter
Aired 14 Mar 1959

A 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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E27 Incident at Borrasca Bend
Aired 21 Mar 1959

Arriving 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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E28 Maggie O'Bannion
Aired 04 Apr 1959

After 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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E29 The Chase
Aired 11 Apr 1959

Paul 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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E30 Alaska
Aired 18 Apr 1959

Paladin 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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E31 The Man Who Lost
Aired 25 Apr 1959

Paladin 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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E32 The Return of Roy Carter
Aired 02 May 1959

Roy Carter returns to help Paladin search the snow-covered mountains for a missing chaplain and an escaped convict.

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E33 The Sons of Aaron Murdock
Aired 09 May 1959

Paladin 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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E34 Comanche
Aired 16 May 1959

Paladin 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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E35 Homecoming
Aired 23 May 1959

Wrongly 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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E36 The Fifth Man
Aired 30 May 1959

Ben 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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E37 Heritage of Anger
Aired 06 Jun 1959

Paladin 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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E38 The Haunted Trees
Aired 13 Jun 1959

Ben 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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E39 Gold and Brimstone
Aired 20 Jun 1959

Paladin 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.

Top Cast

Richard Boone
Richard Boone
Paladin

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