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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.
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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.
Cast, crew and production details
Richard BoonePaladin
Ed Nelson
Kam TongHey Boy
Roy BarcroftJim Sherwood
Robert KarnesJoe Peavey
Jacqueline Scott
Charles BronsonManfred Holt
Karl Swenson
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Episode 1
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.
Directed by William ConradWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars William Conrad, Nestor Paiva, Parley Baer
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Episode 2
A hen-pecked rancher, in San Francisco to marry his housekeeper, hires Paladin to help him get out doing so.
Directed by Richard BooneGuest stars Kathie Browne, Harry Carey, Jr.
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Episode 3
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Ben Johnson, Shug Fisher, Dorothy Dells
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Episode 4
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.
Guest stars Paul Tripp, Robert Blake, Kevin Hagen, Jerry Gatlin
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Episode 5
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.
Written by Harold Jack BloomGuest stars Faith Domergue, Paul Richards, Henry Beckman, Raymond Guth
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Episode 6
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.
Guest stars John Hoyt, George Mathews
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Episode 7
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.
Guest stars Judi Meredith, Larry Ward, Bing Russell, Hal Needham, Garry Walberg, Edward Faulkner, Jerry Gatlin
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Episode 8
Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Richard Jaeckel
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Episode 9
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.
Guest stars Doodles Weaver, Patrick McVey
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Episode 10
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.
Directed by William ConradGuest stars Rafael Campos, Peggy Rea, Tina Menard, Naomi Stevens
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Episode 11
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.
Directed by Jerry HopperWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Paul Birch, Gordon Jones, Kathie Browne, Booth Colman, David White
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Episode 12
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.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars Alan Baxter, Edgar Buchanan, Dan White, James Stacy, Morgan Woodward
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Episode 13
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.
Guest stars Hal Taggart, Joanna Barnes, James Brown, Herschel Graham, Forbes Murray, Jack Donner, Ivan Bonar, Cosmo Sardo
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Episode 14
Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.
Guest stars Joe Higgins, Gregg Palmer, Barry Kelley
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Episode 15
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.
Directed by Richard BooneGuest stars Duane Eddy, Roy Barcroft, Hal Needham, Josie Lloyd, Edward Faulkner, Perry Cook
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Episode 16
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Jim Davis, Kam Tong, Jeanne Cooper, Herschel Graham, DeForest Kelley, Lee Van Cleef, Bob Woodward, Buck Taylor
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Episode 17
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Charles Bronson, Shug Fisher
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Episode 18
Bob Wire hires Paladin, C.O.D., to escort him and his wagon load of barb wire to Anderson.
Directed by Jerry HopperWritten by Bruce GellerGuest stars Peggy Rea, Irish McCalla, Woodrow Parfrey, Hal Baylor
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Episode 19
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.
Guest stars Kam Tong, Eleanor Audley, Wayne Rogers, Gale Garnett, L.Q. Jones, Robert Emhardt
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Episode 20
Fleeing banditos, Paladin seeks shelter from a peasant and his beautiful, scheming wife, their marriage at the breaking point.
Guest stars Patricia Medina, Al Ruscio
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Episode 21
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.
Directed by Jerry HopperGuest stars Peggy Rea, Harry Morgan, Robert J. Wilke, Pitt Herbert
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Episode 22
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Paul Fix, Whit Bissell, Elinor Donahue, George Brenlin
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Episode 23
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.
Directed by Gary NelsonWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Christopher Dark, Ford Rainey, Lon Chaney Jr., Jacqueline Scott, John Harmon
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Episode 24
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.
Guest stars Cliff Osmond, Miriam Colon, Hal Needham, Cosmo Sardo
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Episode 25
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.
Directed by Richard BooneGuest stars Elen Willard, Hal Needham, Garry Walberg
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Episode 26
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.
Directed by Richard BooneGuest stars Crahan Denton, Richard Shannon, Harry Carey, Jr., Dorothy Dells, Joan Swift
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Episode 27
An art collector hires Paladin to guide him, and his strangely childlike daughter, to the camp of a reclusive sculptor.
Guest stars James Griffith, Patric Knowles, Judi Meredith
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Episode 28
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Warren Stevens, George Kennedy, Chris Alcaide, Brett Somers
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Episode 29
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.
Directed by Richard BooneGuest stars Bethel Leslie, William Schallert
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Episode 30
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.
Directed by Gary NelsonGuest stars Susan Silo, Ken Hudgins
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Episode 31
After being tortured, Paladin, becomes a surrogate bull for a famous, but now insane bullfighter, Nino Ybarra..
Directed by William ConradGuest stars Faith Domergue, Carlos Romero
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Episode 32
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.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Robert C. DennisGuest stars Kam Tong, Harry Carey, Jr., Roy Barcroft, Nestor Paiva, Lee Van Cleef, Rayford Barnes, Enid Jaynes, Richard Reed
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