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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or...

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  1. Background image for The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs
    8.8/10(153 votes)

    #1 - The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs

    S5:E8

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

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for Long Way Home
    8.6/10(110 votes)

    #2 - Long Way Home

    S4:E21

    The hunter becomes the hunted. When Paladin captures a former slave turned outlaw, a gang of rough bounty hunters fight to take his prisoner, dead or alive. When Paladin is bitten by a rattlesnake, the outlaw has to choose between saving him and saving himself.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for The Outlaw
    8.5/10(267 votes)

    #3 - The Outlaw

    S1:E2

    Manfred Holt breaks out of jail, killing two deputies. Is he on his way to kill the banker who testified against him, or to see his family for the last time? The banker hires Paladin.

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    8.5/10(161 votes)

    #4 - The Teacher

    S1:E27

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

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    Writer:Sam Rolfe
  5. Background image for Killer's Widow
    8.4/10(151 votes)

    #5 - Killer's Widow

    S1:E28

    After having killed a bank robber, Paladin is accused of having taken the stolen money. He visits the dead man's widow and tries to make amends.

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  6. Background image for The Waiting Room
    8.4/10(101 votes)

    #6 - The Waiting Room

    S5:E24

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Hey Boy's Revenge
    8.3/10(142 votes)

    #7 - Hey Boy's Revenge

    S1:E31

    When Hey Boy's brother is killed for protesting the working conditions on a Chinese railroad gang in Utah, Paladin must get the boy out of jail and bring the killer to justice.

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    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for The Shooting of Jesse May
    8.3/10(138 votes)

    #8 - The Shooting of Jesse May

    S4:E8

    When Jesse May is shot, Paladin begins to believe that a boy murdered him.

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for A Quiet Night in Town (1)
    8.3/10(142 votes)

    #9 - A Quiet Night in Town (1)

    S4:E17

    Paladin arrives in the Texas border town of Jody with a murder suspect named Joselito Kincaid. Their appearance creates tension: this is cow country, and Kincaid is a sheepherder. (Part 1 of 2)

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for A Quiet Night in Town (2)
    8.3/10(128 votes)

    #10 - A Quiet Night in Town (2)

    S4:E18

    When a group of men kill Paladin's prisoner, Paladin must bring the group of murders to justice. (Part 2 of 2)

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    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Justice in Hell
    8.3/10(93 votes)

    #11 - Justice in Hell

    S5:E18

    Paladin goes after a wagon-master who led the massacre of his own wagon train. Rusty Doggett hides out in a town entirely populated by wanted outlaws.

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  13. Background image for High Wire
    8.2/10(193 votes)

    #12 - High Wire

    S1:E8

    A hobo who was once a circus performer bets a gambler that he can walk across the saloon on a tightrope. When Paladin sees that the gambler intends to cheat, he decides to help even the odds.

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    8.2/10(183 votes)

    #13 - The Long Night

    S1:E10

    A wealthy cattleman holds Paladin and two other men hostage. They will all die at dawn unless one of them admits to the murder of the rancher's wife.

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  15. Background image for The Return of Dr. Thackeray
    8.2/10(136 votes)

    #14 - The Return of Dr. Thackeray

    S1:E35

    Dr. Phyllis Thackeray diagnoses the cook at the Barton Ranch with smallpox. All the cowhands may be infected and need to be vaccinated. Dr. Thackeray sends for the one man she thinks can help.

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  16. Background image for A Head of Hair
    8.2/10(128 votes)

    #15 - A Head of Hair

    S4:E3

    An Apache indian has his eye on scalping Paladin.

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  17. Background image for The Princess and the Gunfighter
    8.2/10(123 votes)

    #16 - The Princess and the Gunfighter

    S4:E19

    Paladin is hired to find the princess of a tiny kingdom who disappeared while making a United States tour.

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for El Paso Stage
    8.2/10(118 votes)

    #17 - El Paso Stage

    S4:E30

    Paladin decides to end the reign of terror of a psychotic town marshal.

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  19. Background image for Three Sons
    8.1/10(131 votes)

    #18 - Three Sons

    S1:E34

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

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  20. Background image for 24 Hours at North Fork
    8.1/10(139 votes)

    #19 - 24 Hours at North Fork

    S1:E36

    When a blight kills all the crops except for one farmer's, Paladin must protect him from a greedy storekeeper who wants his farm and his hired gun who has a personal grudge against Paladin.

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    8.1/10(100 votes)

    #20 - The Legacy

    S4:E13

    After a man dies, the reading of his will causes three additional murders.

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  22. Background image for The Last Judgement
    8.1/10(93 votes)

    #21 - The Last Judgement

    S4:E25

    Arriving in a small Arkansas town Paladin finds Dr. Simeon Loving chained in the street. He is charged with murder and Paladin is pressured into serving as his defense attorney. Elroy Greenleaf, a self-appointed justice of the peace, has decided that Loving will hang unless Paladin can persuade the jury to oppose Greenleaf.

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  23. Background image for Broken Image
    8.1/10(95 votes)

    #22 - Broken Image

    S4:E32

    Paladin and a local hero go in pursuit of a gang of bank robbers but the hero may not be what he seems.

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    Director:Richard Boone
    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Ben Jalisco
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #23 - Ben Jalisco

    S5:E10

    Escaped killer, Ben Jalisco, is a ruthless hunter who has murdered more than 30 men. Now he is after his wife, Lucy, who informed on him and Paladin, who brought him in.

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  25. Background image for The Great Mojave Chase
    8.0/10(202 votes)

    #24 - The Great Mojave Chase

    S1:E3

    A sportsman sponsors a contest, betting that no one can elude his posse in the Mojave Desert. When Paladin shows up riding a camel, the man decides that the only way he can still win is to get rid of Paladin.

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  26. Background image for A Matter of Ethics
    8.0/10(199 votes)

    #25 - A Matter of Ethics

    S1:E5

    An accused murderer who fears that he will be lynched before he can be returned to Bender, Wyoming, for trial, hires Paladin to make sure he gets there alive.

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Hanging of Aaron Gibbs" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored 8.8/10 based on 153 votes. Directed by Richard Boone and written by Unknown, it aired on 11/4/1961. This episode scored 0.2 points higher than the second highest rated, "Long Way Home".