Season 1 poster

Season 1

(1957)

Overview

The first season of Have Gun — Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 14, 1957 to June 14, 1958. The Region 1 DVD was released on May 11, 2004.

Cast

Richard Boone as Paladin
Richard Boone

as Paladin

Episodes

Three Bells to Perdido poster

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September 14, 1957

New Mexico rancher Jesse Reade hires Paladin for $1,000 to bring back outlaw Dave Enderly, who has run off to Perdido, …

The Outlaw poster

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September 21, 1957

Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, …

The Great Mojave Chase poster

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September 28, 1957

A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up ri…

Winchester Quarantine poster

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October 5, 1957

At a stagecoach stop, Paladin sees a peaceful Cherokee rancher being beaten by white men who think his cattle are sprea…

A Matter of Ethics poster

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October 12, 1957

An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Pa…

The Bride poster

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October 19, 1957

When a mail-order bride from Philadelphia gets off the stagecoach in the middle of nowhere, Paladin decides to stay wit…

Strange Vendetta poster

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October 26, 1957

Paladin's new friend, stabbed by an assassin, makes a dying request to have his body taken back home to his hacienda in…

High Wire poster

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November 2, 1957

A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin …

Show of Force poster

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November 9, 1957

After winning a batch of old rifles in a poker game, Paladin finds himself involved in a range war.

The Long Night poster

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November 16, 1957

A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to th…

The Colonel and the Lady poster

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November 23, 1957

A retired colonel sends Paladin to a Nevada mining town to find out what happened to a former saloon girl.

No Visitors poster

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November 30, 1957

When Paladin finds a woman and her apparently typhoid-afflicted child abandoned by a wagonmaster, he enlists the aid of…

The Englishman poster

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December 7, 1957

Paladin escorts an Englishman to his female cousin's ranch they have inherited in Montana, but finds that an embittered…

The Yuma Treasure poster

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December 14, 1957

Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladi…

The Hanging Cross poster

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December 21, 1957

On Christmas eve, an embittered rancher wants revenge on Pawnee Indians who he thinks kidnapped his son several years b…

Helen of Abajinian poster

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December 28, 1957

An Armenian winemaker hires Paladin to find his runaway daughter and break up her ill-considered romance with a cowhand.

Ella West poster

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January 4, 1958

The promoter of a wild west show asks Paladin for help taming down a very wild and famous female sharpshooter and show …

The Reasonable Man poster

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January 11, 1958

A rancher having a dispute with his foster son hires Paladin to keep one of them from killing the other in a duel.

The High-Graders poster

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January 18, 1958

When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murder…

The Last Laugh poster

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January 25, 1958

A rancher blames Paladin when a practical joke goes awry and his wife is crippled in a riding accident.

The Bostonian poster

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February 2, 1958

Paladin protects a new landowner from Boston, who is having an escalating feud with an established cattle rancher.

The Singer poster

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February 8, 1958

A cowboy seeks help for his former girlfriend, a dancehall singer, who he says was forced into marriage and is now bein…

Bitter Wine poster

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February 15, 1958

Paladin is hired to stop a vineyard from being ruined by seepage from an adjacent oil well.

Girl from Piccadilly poster

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February 22, 1958

Learning of his son's death, a rich man hires Paladin to locate the daughter-in-law he's never met, but Paladin finds t…

The O'Hare Story poster

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March 1, 1958

Hired to prevent the construction of a dam that would imperil a town's water supply, Paladin finds that he sympathizes …

Birds of a Feather poster

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March 8, 1958

Paladin must contend with other gunfighters as he tries to settle a right-of-way dispute between two railroads in a Col…

The Teacher poster

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March 15, 1958

Paladin defends a schoolmistress who's being theatened for teaching about war crimes that took place during the Civil W…

Killer's Widow poster

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March 22, 1958

After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow…

Gun Shy poster

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March 29, 1958

Trying to locate the thieves who stole a jade chess set, Paladin ends up in a small Montana town where he becomes invol…

The Prizefight Story poster

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April 5, 1958

When Paladin goes to a mining town to promote a prizefight, his boxer is arrested and he ends up having to take the man…

Hey Boy's Revenge poster

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April 12, 1958

When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must…

The Five Books of Owen Deaver poster

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April 26, 1958

Paladin comes to the aid of a young sheriff from the East whose attempts to keep law and order are particularly unsuita…

The Silver Queen poster

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May 3, 1958

Lonely Leadhead Kane dies and leaves his half of a mine to an actress. Kane's partner wants to challenge the will. Some…

Three Sons poster

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May 10, 1958

Newlyweds with no place to stay end up in Paladin's suite. He learns that the groom's half-brothers are threatening to …

The Return of Dr. Thackeray poster

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May 17, 1958

Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need t…

24 Hours at North Fork poster

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May 24, 1958

When a blight kills all the crops except for one farmer's, Paladin must protect him from a greedy storekeeper who wants…

Silver Convoy poster

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May 31, 1958

Paladin is hired to find James Becker. He trails him to Monterey and discovers he has been arrested and is sentenced to…

Deliver the Body poster

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June 7, 1958

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…

The Statue of San Sebastian poster

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June 14, 1958

Paladin agrees to capture an outlaw in return for a statue belonging to the local mission.