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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.
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Episode 1
New Mexico rancher Jesse Reade hires Paladin for $1,000 to bring back outlaw Dave Enderly, who has run off to Perdido, Mexico with Reade's daughter Nancy.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam Rolfe, Herb MeadowGuest stars Jack Lord, Harry Shannon, Kam Tong, Janice Rule, Chris Drake, Judson Pratt, Gene Roth, Martín Garralaga
Episode 2
Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, or to see his family for the last time? The banker hires Paladin.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Grant Withers, Peggy Stewart, Kam Tong, Charles Bronson, Steve Mitchell, Barry Cahill, Warren Parker, Albert Cavens
Episode 3
A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up riding a camel, the man decides that the only way he can still win is to get rid of Paladin.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Hal Smith, Walter Reed, Lawrence Dobkin, William Fawcett, Claude Akins, Earle Hodgins, Jonathan Hole, John Bose
Episode 4
At a stagecoach stop, Paladin sees a peaceful Cherokee rancher being beaten by white men who think his cattle are spreading a sickness. Paladin offers his help.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Herb MeadowGuest stars Robert Karnes, Don Keefer, Leo Gordon, Vic Perrin, Anthony Caruso, Carol Thurston, Rocky Shahan, James Parnell
Episode 5
An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Paladin to make sure he gets there alive.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Kam Tong, Roy Barcroft, Angie Dickinson, Ken Mayer, Harold J. Stone, Strother Martin, Willis Bouchey, John Mitchum
Episode 6
When a mail-order bride from Philadelphia gets off the stagecoach in the middle of nowhere, Paladin decides to stay with her to make sure that she is safe.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Marian Seldes, Mike Connors, Bruce Gordon
Episode 7
Paladin's new friend, stabbed by an assassin, makes a dying request to have his body taken back home to his hacienda in Mexico.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Rodolfo Acosta, Roberto Contreras, Kam Tong, Onslow Stevens, Ned Glass, Michael Pate
Episode 8
A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin sees that the gambler intends to cheat, he decides to help even the odds.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Fay Spain, Jack Albertson, John Dehner, Buddy Baer, Strother Martin
Episode 9
After winning a batch of old rifles in a poker game, Paladin finds himself involved in a range war.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Lee ErwinGuest stars Rodolfo Acosta, Kam Tong, Russ Conway, Vic Perrin, Ned Glass, Leonard P. Geer
Episode 10
A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to the murder of the rancher's wife.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Kent Smith, James Best, William Schallert
Episode 11
A retired colonel sends Paladin to a Nevada mining town to find out what happened to a former saloon girl.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Michael FessierGuest stars Robert F. Simon, Denver Pyle, Peggy Rea
Episode 12
When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagonmaster, he enlists the aid of a female doctor from a nearby town, but a religious fanatic then tries to bar them from entry.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Whit Bissell, June Lockhart, Grant Withers
Episode 13
Paladin escorts an Englishman to his female cousin's ranch they have inherited in Montana, but finds that an embittered trader is plotting against them.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Kam Tong, Alix Talton, Ted de Corsia, Lovyss Bradley
Episode 14
Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladin must deal with soldiers who have caught gold fever.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Warren Stevens, Harry Landers, Henry Brandon
Episode 15
On Christmas eve, an embittered rancher wants revenge on Pawnee Indians who he thinks kidnapped his son several years before.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Don Beddoe, Abraham Sofaer, Buck Young, Johnny Crawford, Edward Binns
Episode 16
An Armenian winemaker hires Paladin to find his runaway daughter and break up her ill-considered romance with a cowhand.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Vladimir Sokoloff, Lisa Gaye, Kam Tong, Nick Dennis, Wright King, Harold J. Stone, Naomi Stevens
Episode 17
The promoter of a wild west show asks Paladin for help taming down a very wild and famous female sharpshooter and show her how to act like a lady.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Gene RoddenberryGuest stars Norma Crane, Earle Hodgins, John George, William Swan, Mike Mazurki, Mason Curry, Russell Custer
Episode 18
A rancher having a dispute with his foster son hires Paladin to keep one of them from killing the other in a duel.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Joel KaneGuest stars Leonard P. Geer, Adam Williams
Episode 19
When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murdered and his heirs are being swindled.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen, Jack LairdWritten by Jack LairdGuest stars Susan Cabot, Nico Minardos, Chris Alcaide, Robert J. Wilke, Bob Steele
Episode 20
A rancher blames Paladin when a practical joke goes awry and his wife is crippled in a riding accident.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Don BrinkleyGuest stars Murray Hamilton, Frankie Darro, Peter Whitney, Lovyss Bradley, Stuart Whitman, Jean Allison
Episode 21
Paladin protects a new landowner from Boston, who is having an escalating feud with an established cattle rancher.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Joe De Santis, Constance Ford, Chris Alcaide
Episode 22
A cowboy seeks help for his former girlfriend, a dancehall singer, who he says was forced into marriage and is now being held prisoner.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam PeckinpahGuest stars Joan Weldon, Kam Tong, Gloria Pall, Herschel Graham, Richard Long, Denver Pyle, Jay Adler
Episode 23
Paladin is hired to stop a vineyard from being ruined by seepage from an adjacent oil well.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Donald Foster, Eduardo Ciannelli, Rita Lynn
Episode 24
Learning of his son's death, a rich man hires Paladin to locate the daughter-in-law he's never met, but Paladin finds two women both claiming to be her.
Directed by Lewis MilestoneGuest stars Kam Tong, Carl Benton Reid, Charles Aidman, William Schallert, Tom Steele
Episode 25
Hired to prevent the construction of a dam that would imperil a town's water supply, Paladin finds that he sympathizes more with the Irish engineer who's trying to build it.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Malvin WaldGuest stars Victor McLaglen, Rick Vallin, Ken Mayer, Herbert Rudley, John Doucette
Episode 26
Paladin must contend with other gunfighters as he tries to settle a right-of-way dispute between two railroads in a Colorado town that will die if they go elsewhere.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Joan Marshall, Kam Tong, James Craig, Harry Bartell, Rick Vallin, Robert H. Harris, John Mitchum, Bill Erwin
Episode 27
Paladin defends a schoolmistress who's being theatened for teaching about war crimes that took place during the Civil War.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Jack Albertson, Marian Seldes, Andrew Duggan, Lana Wood, Peter Breck, Jack Hogan, Rocky Shahan
Episode 28
After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow and tries to make amends.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Barbara Baxley, Kam Tong, Roy Barcroft, R.G. Armstrong, Ben Morris
Episode 29
Trying to locate the thieves who stole a jade chess set, Paladin ends up in a small Montana town where he becomes involved in a romance with a landlady's daughter.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonGuest stars Lisa Gaye, Kam Tong, Corey Allen, Jeanette Nolan, Stephen Wootton, Hank Patterson, Zon Murray
Episode 30
When Paladin goes to a mining town to promote a prizefight, his boxer is arrested and he ends up having to take the man's place in the ring -- against the Welsh champion.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Hal Baylor, John George, George E. Stone, Don Megowan, Gage Clarke, King Calder, Ben Wright, Jimmy Noel
Episode 31
When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.
Directed by Lewis MilestoneGuest stars Kam Tong, Olan Soule, Dennis Cross, Bruce Cowling, Pernell Roberts, Philip Ahn, Lisa Lu, John George
Episode 32
Paladin comes to the aid of a young sheriff from the East whose attempts to keep law and order are particularly unsuitable for a cowboy town in Wyoming.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Alan Carney, Kam Tong, Walter Barnes, James Olson, Lurene Tuttle
Episode 33
Lonely Leadhead Kane dies and leaves his half of a mine to an actress. Kane's partner wants to challenge the will. Someone wants to make sure Paladin never gets the woman to the courtroom.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonGuest stars Kam Tong, Whit Bissell, Mason Curry, Earle Hodgins
Episode 34
Newlyweds with no place to stay end up in Paladin's suite. He learns that the groom's half-brothers are threatening to kill their father. Paladin goes to warn the father.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Parker Fennelly, Kevin Hagen, Warren Oates, Jon Lormer, S. John Launer
Episode 35
Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need to be vaccinated. Dr. Thackeray sends for the one man she thinks can help.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenWritten by Sam RolfeGuest stars Jack Weston, June Lockhart, Grant Withers, Sam Gilman, Charles Aidman, John Anderson
Episode 36
When a blight kills all the crops except for one farmer's, Paladin must protect him from a greedy storekeeper who wants his farm and his hired gun who has a personal grudge against Paladin.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars Harry Shannon, Brad Dexter, Jacqueline Scott, Dennis Cross, Karl Swenson, Hank Patterson
Episode 37
Paladin is hired to find James Becker. He trails him to Monterey and discovers he has been arrested and is sentenced to work in a silver mine. Paladin finds that Becker has died in a cave-in or so he is told. The owner of the mine hires Paladin to guard a silver convoy, but first Paladin wants to find out a little more about the mine.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonGuest stars Donald Randolph, Nico Minardos, BarBara Luna, Mario Alcalde
Episode 38
Paladin is hired to bring in the killer of the sheriff in a Nevada town. He brings him in but has some doubts about his guilt and decides to hang around for the trial.
Directed by Lamont JohnsonWritten by Buckley AngellGuest stars Kam Tong, Len Lesser, Robert Gist, R.G. Armstrong, James Franciscus, Madlyn Rhue, David Baker
Episode 39
Paladin agrees to capture an outlaw in return for a statue belonging to the local mission.
Directed by Andrew V. McLaglenGuest stars John Carradine, Simon Oakland, Judson Pratt, Fred Graham, John George
Episode information updated Jul 23, 2026
Richard BoonePaladin
Ed Nelson
Kam TongHey Boy
Roy BarcroftJim Sherwood
Robert KarnesJoe Peavey
Jacqueline Scott
Charles BronsonManfred Holt
Karl Swenson
CBSUnited States
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