Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

1957
Have Gun, Will Travel
Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun, Will Travel

8.4 | TV-G | en | Drama

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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Seasons & Episodes

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EP32  Face of a Shadow
Apr. 20,1963
Face of a Shadow

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.

EP31  The Black Bull
Apr. 13,1963
The Black Bull

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

EP30  Two Plus One
Apr. 06,1963
Two Plus One

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.

EP29  Lady of the Fifth Moon
Mar. 30,1963
Lady of the Fifth Moon

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.

EP28  The Eve of St. Elmo
Mar. 23,1963
The Eve of St. Elmo

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.

EP27  The Savages
Mar. 16,1963
The Savages

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

EP26  Sweet Lady of the Moon
Mar. 09,1963
Sweet Lady of the Moon

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.

EP25  The Walking Years
Mar. 02,1963
The Walking Years

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.

EP24  The Caravan
Feb. 23,1963
The Caravan

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.

EP23  Cage at McNaab
Feb. 16,1963
Cage at McNaab

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.

EP22  The Burning Tree
Feb. 09,1963
The Burning Tree

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.

EP21  American Primitive
Feb. 02,1963
American Primitive

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.

EP20  Unforgiving Minute
Jan. 26,1963
Unforgiving Minute

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

EP19  The Debutante
Jan. 19,1963
The Debutante

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.

EP18  Bob Wire
Jan. 12,1963
Bob Wire

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

EP17  Brotherhood
Jan. 05,1963
Brotherhood

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.

EP16  The Treasure
Dec. 29,1962
The Treasure

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.

EP15  Be Not Forgetful of Strangers
Dec. 22,1962
Be Not Forgetful of Strangers

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.

EP14  Trial at Tablerock
Dec. 15,1962
Trial at Tablerock

Adams, the prosecutor, wants to hire Paladin to rid the town of someone he says is getting away with murder.

EP13  Penelope
Dec. 08,1962
Penelope

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.

EP12  Man in an Hourglass
Dec. 01,1962
Man in an Hourglass

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.

EP11  Marshal of Sweetwater
Nov. 24,1962
Marshal of Sweetwater

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.

EP10  A Miracle for St. Francis
Nov. 17,1962
A Miracle for St. Francis

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.

EP9  Shootout at Hogtooth
Nov. 10,1962
Shootout at Hogtooth

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.

EP8  The Predators
Nov. 03,1962
The Predators

Paladin is after a man suspected of killing a marshal. After finally capturing him in the desert he claims his innocence.

EP7  Memories of Monica
Oct. 27,1962
Memories of Monica

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.

EP6  Bird of Time
Oct. 20,1962
Bird of Time

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.

EP5  Beau Geste
Oct. 13,1962
Beau Geste

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.

EP4  A Place For Abel Hix
Oct. 06,1962
A Place For Abel Hix

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.

EP3  The Fifth Bullet
Sep. 29,1962
The Fifth Bullet

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.

EP2  Taylor's Woman
Sep. 22,1962
Taylor's Woman

A hen-pecked rancher, in San Francisco to marry his housekeeper, hires Paladin to help him get out doing so.

EP1  Genesis
Sep. 15,1962
Genesis

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.

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8.4 | TV-G | en | Drama , Western , Action & Adventure | More Info
Released: 1957-09-14 | Released Producted By: CBS Productions , Filmaster Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website: https://www.hgwt.com/
Synopsis

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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Reviews

A_Different_Drummer If there was ever a western that verily defined an era, this was it. Remember that in the 50s westerns were a dime a dozen. Aaron Spelling, who fostered a Hollywood dynasty years later (Charlies Angels) broke into the game by selling TV a package of forgettable westerns that he produced so cheaply (in Ringo, for example, he made the lead actor sing his own theme song)that it was impossible NOT to make money. But this show was not of that ilk. HAVE GUN was different. The scripts, acting, direction, tone were all highbrow (for the day). Boone was an older, seasoned, actor who made this character his own and held his own with the young upstarts (think Clint Eastwood) of the day. Details were given care -- in one episode Boone suggests to an antagonist that he withdraw from the gunfight not only because he (Boone) is faster but because he has the better gun! (Boone's gun is rifled, with a longer barrel, making it more accurate but also potentially slowing the draw -- critics of the era used to joke that Boone had the slowest draw on network TV). In short, this excellent series is something that no producer currently grinding out a living in Hollywood will be able to resist trying to re-create, and therefore ruin. Only a matter of time.
Jeff Sultanof This series was always well known, as was Boone. It was syndicated for many years and was always popular. I'd never seen it, as I was not old enough to watch it when it was first shown, and never bothered to catch it later. It was only recently that I began watching it, and I was shocked. It is an excellent example of the thirty-minute drama: no fat, just solid story, no time to waste, and is consistently well- written. The other reason I was shocked was the brilliance of Richard Boone. A student of Sanford Meisner and Elia Kazan, Boone was one of the finest actors and acting teachers of the twentieth century. He is remarkably subtle; like Gary Cooper, even the slightest facial move makes a difference in his performance. The character of Paladin is very much like Boone: a lover of art (he was a very gifted painter), poetry (which he wrote), music, women and Shakespeare (which he could quote at length). He directed several episodes of the series as well. It is a tragedy that because he smoked two-three packs of cigarettes a day, he died at too young an age. But his legacy mostly rests on over 200 half hours of this series, 86 of the series "Medic" (an early TV series about doctors), and 26 hour-long episodes of his own series on NBC after he decided to retire Paladin. That series has been difficult to see in the United States, and is ripe for rediscovery."Have Gun" has held up beautifully, and the entire series is on DVD (all of the episodes were once on VHS tape issued by Columbia House via subscription).With all of this said, the quality of most of these DVDs is abysmal given that master negatives are available. These transfers probably date from the Columbia House era. When I see pristine copies of episodes of "Perry Mason, "Mission Impossible" and other vintage series and then compare them to the quality on these DVDs, it is sickening. And unfortunately, they will probably never be remastered given the marketplace. Should you still get these sets? Absolutely. This was one of the great television shows of any era, and many of the episodes could be remade today with the same scripts. However, there will never be another Richard Boone, and for him alone, these sets demand your attention.
vranger Richard Boone was a thoughtful and serious actor, and so must have felt a great satisfaction in playing a 'thoughtful gunman' in the Old West.Although Paladin often professed the desire to settle every situation without gun play if possible, his rivals in most shows didn't afford him that opportunity. Its a rare show that Paladin didn't have to shoot someone ... sometimes a few someones.Despite many story corners having to be cut to fit these stories into a 30 minute format, each story is interesting and compelling, virtually always with a twist that keep them from being some of the many Western clichés.Now that the series has been resurrected on Encore Westerns, generations who had no opportunity to appreciate this fine series in years past can now discover it for themselves. This is yet another example of how many television shows from the 50s and early 60s were far superior to most of what is filmed now.
tim-1979 In 1974, a Portuguese(!) cowboy from Rhode Island(!) named Victor De Costa won a federal court judgment in his second suit against CBS for trademark infringement, successfully litigating his assertion that he had created the Paladin character and the ideas used in the show -- which were somehow stolen by HGWT's producers. (Rather dubious since HGWT's original concept was that of a modern day globe-trotting detective.) He claimed he began billing himself as Paladin after an Italian man stood up at a horse show and called him a "paladino." He claimed he'd adopted the phrase "Have Gun, Will Travel" after someone shouted it at him while he was on a bucking bronco. At his appearances he always dressed in black, he handed out hundreds of HGWT business cards, and he even carried a concealed derringer. The physical resemblance between Mr. De Costa and Richard Boone was nothing less than striking.Although monetary damages were not immediately awarded, De Costa stood to gain a tidy sum, as court testimony indicated that HGWT had made more than $14 million for CBS (a titanic amount in the 1950's-60's), plus millions more in product licensing. A year later, a court of appeals overturned the lower court, ruling that the plaintiff had failed to prove that the public had been deceived -- i.e., there had been no likelihood of confusion in the minds of the public -- a necessary requirement for a suit over trademark infringement. However, De Costa kept pursuing his legal options, and in 1991 -- more than 30 years after his first lawsuit was originally filed -- he was awarded over 3 million dollars after quietly trademarking the Paladin character and business card in the late 70's. Unfortunately, Mr. De Costa passed away at the age of 83 before he could receive a single penny.(hgwt.com)