Have Gun, Will Travel poster

Have Gun, Will Travel( 1957)

TV-MAWesternAction & AdventureDrama
74%
User
Score

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.

  1. Sam Rolfe

    Creator

  2. Herb Meadow

    Creator

Series Cast

  1. cast image

    Richard Boone

    Paladin

Current Season

Have Gun, Will Travel season poster

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.

Social

Review 2Discussion

A review by drystyx

4
Written by drystyx on Sat Jun 03 2023
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 pla...

Media

Videos 0Backdrops 15Posters 7

Recommendations

  1. The Rachel Maddow Show

    The Rachel Maddow Show61%

  2. Kojak

    Kojak70%

  3. Wanted: Dead or Alive

    Wanted: Dead or Alive69%

  4. The Invisible Man

    The Invisible Man72%

  5. The Jack Benny Program78%

  6. The Dukes of Hazzard

    The Dukes of Hazzard73%

  7. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine

    Star Trek: Deep Space Nine79%

  8. Married... with Children

    Married... with Children77%

  9. Disenchantment

    Disenchantment75%

  10. Twin Peaks

    Twin Peaks83%

  11. Once Upon a Time

    Once Upon a Time74%

  12. Game of Thrones

    Game of Thrones85%

  13. Dexter

    Dexter82%

  14. Spaced

    Spaced79%

  15. Friends

    Friends84%

  16. Chernobyl

    Chernobyl87%

  17. The Office

    The Office86%

  18. It

    It69%

  19. Arcane

    Arcane88%

  20. Marvel's The Punisher

    Marvel's The Punisher81%

Facts

Status

Ended

Status

network logo
Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • wild west
  • gunfighter
  • post civil war
  • 19th century