Season 5 poster

Season 5

(1961)

Overview

The fifth season of Have Gun – Will Travel originally aired Saturdays at 9:30-10:00 pm on CBS from September 16, 1961 to June 2, 1962. Volume 1 of the Region 1 DVD was released on November 30, 2010. Volume 2 was released on February 22, 2011.

Cast

Richard Boone as Paladin
Richard Boone

as Paladin

Episodes

The Vigil poster

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September 16, 1961

Paladin agrees to accompany a nurse to the gold fields; she aspires to replace its deceased physician. Along the way, t…

The Education of Sarah Jane poster

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September 23, 1961

The Darrow and Tyler families have been feuding so long they don't remember who started it. It's up to Paladin to help …

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September 30, 1961

Paladin takes a $500 stagecoach ride with an embezzler, a convicted cutthroat, and a murderer to collect the other half…

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October 7, 1961

Paladin trails a killer and bank robber to a saloon but while trying to capture him, the saloon's owner, Big Red, is sh…

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October 14, 1961

Paladin urges a momma's boy farmer to win back his wayward mail-order bride, by besting party-animal neighbor Rud Saxon…

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October 21, 1961

Bugbear wants to change its image. When Paladin is hired, his idea of disarmament is working fine. Until a missionary r…

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October 28, 1961

Paladin is offered $1000 to win a horse race called a mule kalanta. When he arrives he finds out what the bet is, and h…

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November 4, 1961

Singer Odetta plays Sarah Gibbs, who is barred by a marshal from visiting her condemned husband.

The Piano poster

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November 11, 1961

European pianist Franz Lister comes to the United States to give a concert for Mona Lansing, a former saloon hostess. W…

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November 18, 1961

Escaped killer, Ben Jalisco, is a ruthless hunter who has murdered more than 30 men. Now he is after his wife, Lucy, wh…

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November 25, 1961

Will prospector Possum Corbin rescue Paladin from dying in a desert, if Paladin reads the encyclopedia to him?

A Drop of Blood poster

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December 2, 1961

Paladin is invited to best man at Rivka Shotness' wedding. When he arrives he finds that Billy Buckstone, the man the b…

A Knight to Remember poster

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December 9, 1961

Paladin is hired to find Don Esteban, who has disappeared. When he finds him he is dressed as a knight in armor and thi…

Blind Circle poster

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December 16, 1961

Two years ago, the Cattleman's Association put a bounty of $500 on a rustler who was never caught. Now they don't want …

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December 23, 1961

Paladin is sent a $100 bill and told there are 9 more like it if he travels to a town called Last Gasp.

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December 30, 1961

Costigan is a land owner and cattleman. He was shot by Clemenceau, a squatter on his land. Paladin has offered to help …

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January 6, 1962

After local boozing champ Big Fontana cheats Paladin in a drink-off, sickly Boise Peabody convinced he'll die by mornin…

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January 13, 1962

Paladin goes after a wagon-master who led the massacre of his own wagon train. Rusty Doggett hides out in a town entire…

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January 20, 1962

Dr. Avatar hires Paladin to guide him to Jack Trueblood, a notorious western badman who has killed many men. Avatar wan…

The Exiles poster

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January 27, 1962

General Ortega hires Paladin to recover $16 million in French bonds. Where they are and who has them is already known.

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February 3, 1962

Paladin is lured to Oregon under the pretense of a widow in distress. The real reason is to engage him in a deadly hunt…

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February 10, 1962

Paladin rides upon Buddy Webster's mining camp, who needs a big favor. He has been prospecting for gold dust the last f…

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February 17, 1962

Samuel Keel hires Paladin to find Seth Carter. Keel gives him the names of three people who can help him find Seth. As …

The Waiting Room poster

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February 24, 1962

After a 4 state murder spree, the Wilder Brothers head back to Texas for trial, under Paladin's gun.

The Trap poster

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March 3, 1962

A lawman for 23 years, Jim Buell has always done what he believed was right. Taking in Davy Walsh for shooting at his j…

Don't Shoot the Piano Player poster

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March 10, 1962

With no help from local law enforcement, a writer hires Paladin to find her fiancé; in the roughest gutter on the Barba…

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March 17, 1962

A daughter hires Paladin to help her look for an old friend of his - her mother.

The Man Who Struck Moonshine poster

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March 24, 1962

Moses Kadish is an alcoholic. He moves to middle of nowhere to try to stop drinking and drills a well. The well produce…

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March 31, 1962

Paladin is asked to look for a missing brother, no matter the cost. When he finds out he's been missing for seven years…

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April 7, 1962

Alfred Nobel, staying at the Carlton, enlists the aid of resident Paladin to recover a mixed up shipment of mineral oil…

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April 14, 1962

An elder from the Japanese community informs Paladin that a Nationalistic Japanese Priest, accompanied by a Samurai War…

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April 21, 1962

A rancher (Kent Smith) pits his sons (Richard Rust, Buzz Martin) against one another in a fight to determine which of t…

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April 28, 1962

The State Department hires Paladin to stop an Irishman (Robert Gist) from invading Canada.

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May 5, 1962

Paladin tries to stay one step ahead of a prankster who may be on the point of playing one prank too many.

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May 12, 1962

A girl bandit robs and kills a stagecoach driver for $50,000. When Paladin catches up to her he finds out she is no lad…

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May 19, 1962

Protecting the current administration from low gossip and sensationalism, Paladin is asked to discreetly bring the Secr…

Jonah poster

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May 26, 1962

$20,000 in gold bullion is stolen and dropped into a lake. Paladin decides to try to retrieve it but Jonah, a fisherman…

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June 2, 1962

Paladin is hired to find a killer. His usual fee is paid for instead with a ring. A ring that may tie his employer to h…