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14/09/1957 Western, Action & Adventure, Drama 0h 25m
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I don't think you got a very good look at this gun while you had it.

Overview

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.

Top billed cast

  1. Richard Boone

    Paladin

  2. Kam Tong

    Hey Boy

  3. Hal Needham

    Cowhand

  4. John George

    Townsman (uncredited)

  5. Lisa Lu

    Hey Girl

  6. Herschel Graham

    Hotel Guest (uncredited)

  7. Harry Carey, Jr.

    Ben Murdock

  8. Edward Faulkner

    Bud McPhater

  9. Roy Barcroft

    Jim Sherwood

  10. View more

Full Cast & Crew

Current Season

Season 6

 1962 | 32 Episodes

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.

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Reviews

A review by drystyx
Written by drystyx on 2023-06-03
GUNMAN WHO PLAYS GOD
Richard Boone stars as Palladin, the gunman with a card saying "Have Gun, Will Travel".
In the days when this was made, he was seen as a forward thinking liberal gunman, even into the sixties and seventies, and especially today.
It was like most TV series in that all the corrupt people were white males, and especially so in this one. A lot of people today don't realize this, but this was how nearly every Western was in the fifties, even on TV.
The problem with Palladin was that he never minded his own business, even when he made it his business. He always wanted to pl...read the rest
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Status
Ended

Original Language
English

Original Name
Have Gun, Will Travel

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