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The Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel

Every episode of Have Gun, Will Travel ranked from best to worst. Let's dive into the Best Episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel!

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
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    Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 2 - The Outlaw
    9.0/10(292 votes)

    #1 - 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.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  2. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 15 - The Hanging Cross
    9.0/10(138 votes)

    #2 - The Hanging Cross

    S1:E15

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

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  3. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 27 - The Teacher
    9.0/10(180 votes)

    #3 - The Teacher

    S1:E27

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

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  4. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 28 - Killer's Widow
    9.0/10(174 votes)

    #4 - 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.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 31 - Hey Boy's Revenge
    9.0/10(165 votes)

    #5 - 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.

    Director:Lewis Milestone
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 1 - The Manhunter
    9.0/10(169 votes)

    #6 - The Manhunter

    S2:E1

    Paladin is forced to kill Jimmy Dawes, wanted for murder. When he takes him back to his home town, the townspeople, the sheriff and the boy's brothers give him a hostile welcome.

    Director:Buzz Kulik
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 2 - In an Evil Time
    9.0/10(176 votes)

    #7 - In an Evil Time

    S2:E2

    Pappy French and his gang have robbed the bank in Mercede of $50,000. Pappy ran off with the cash and left his gang to shoot it out with the law. Paladin is hired to bring Pappy and the money back.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Shimon Wincelberg

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  8. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 18 - Lady on the Stagecoach
    9.0/10(190 votes)

    #8 - Lady on the Stagecoach

    S2:E18

    Paladin is traveling on a stagecoach with four others, one of whom is Della White Cloud, the educated daughter of an Apache chief. The stage is also carrying a strongbox full of gold, which Ed Rance wants.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 2 Episode 19 - Treasure Trail
    9.0/10(129 votes)

    #9 - Treasure Trail

    S2:E19

    Paladin wins part of a treasure map in a poker game and goes in search of the treasure with three other men.

    Director:Richard Whorf
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 3 Episode 4 - The Posse
    9.0/10(135 votes)

    #10 - The Posse

    S3:E4

    Paladin stops to ask a stranger for directions and is invited to share his campsite. Later, when a posse arrives, the man announces that Paladin is the murderer they have been looking for.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  11. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 1 - Three Bells to Perdido
    8.0/10(306 votes)

    #11 - Three Bells to Perdido

    S1:E1

    New Mexico rancher Jesse Reade hires Paladin for $1,000 to bring back outlaw Dave Enderly, who has run off to Perdido, Mexico with Reade's daughter Nancy.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writers:Sam Rolfe, Herb Meadow

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  12. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 6 - The Bride
    8.0/10(216 votes)

    #12 - The Bride

    S1:E6

    When a mail-order bride from Philadelphia gets off the stagecoach in the middle of nowhere, Paladin decides to stay with her to make sure that she is safe.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 8 - High Wire
    8.0/10(211 votes)

    #13 - 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.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Don Brinkley

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  14. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 13 - The Englishman
    8.0/10(171 votes)

    #14 - The Englishman

    S1:E13

    Paladin escorts an Englishman to his female cousin's ranch they have inherited in Montana, but finds that an embittered trader is plotting against them.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  15. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 14 - The Yuma Treasure
    8.0/10(169 votes)

    #15 - The Yuma Treasure

    S1:E14

    Accompanying a cavalry major on a mission to prevent a war by negotiating a treaty with an elusive Apache chief, Paladin must deal with soldiers who have caught gold fever.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  16. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 16 - Helen of Abajinian
    8.0/10(183 votes)

    #16 - Helen of Abajinian

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Gene Roddenberry

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  17. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 18 - The Reasonable Man
    8.0/10(169 votes)

    #17 - The Reasonable Man

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Joel Kane

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  18. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 19 - The High-Graders
    8.0/10(162 votes)

    #18 - The High-Graders

    S1:E19

    When his tailor is killed in an accident at a supposedly worthless gold mine, Paladin discovers that the man was murdered and his heirs are being swindled.

    Directors:Andrew V. McLaglen, Jack Laird
    Writer:Jack Laird

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  19. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 21 - The Bostonian
    8.0/10(158 votes)

    #19 - The Bostonian

    S1:E21

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

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 24 - Girl from Piccadilly
    8.0/10(160 votes)

    #20 - Girl from Piccadilly

    S1:E24

    Learning of his son's death, a rich man hires Paladin to locate the daughter-in-law he's never met, but Paladin finds two women both claiming to be her.

    Director:Lewis Milestone
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 25 - The O'Hare Story
    8.0/10(161 votes)

    #21 - The O'Hare Story

    S1:E25

    Hired to prevent the construction of a dam that would imperil a town's water supply, Paladin finds that he sympathizes more with the Irish engineer who's trying to build it.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Malvin Wald

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  22. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 26 - Birds of a Feather
    8.0/10(146 votes)

    #22 - Birds of a Feather

    S1:E26

    Paladin must contend with other gunfighters as he tries to settle a right-of-way dispute between two railroads in a Colorado town that will die if they go elsewhere.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 30 - The Prizefight Story
    8.0/10(135 votes)

    #23 - The Prizefight Story

    S1:E30

    When Paladin goes to a mining town to promote a prizefight, his boxer is arrested and he ends up having to take the man's place in the ring -- against the Welsh champion.

    Director:Andrew V. McLaglen
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 32 - The Five Books of Owen Deaver
    8.0/10(158 votes)

    #24 - The Five Books of Owen Deaver

    S1:E32

    Paladin comes to the aid of a young sheriff from the East whose attempts to keep law and order are particularly unsuitable for a cowboy town in Wyoming.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Sam Rolfe

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  25. Have Gun, Will Travel Season 1 Episode 33 - The Silver Queen
    8.0/10(163 votes)

    #25 - The Silver Queen

    S1:E33

    Lonely Leadhead Kane dies and leaves his half of a mine to an actress. Kane's partner wants to challenge the will. Someone wants to make sure Paladin never gets the woman to the courtroom.

    Director:Lamont Johnson
    Writer:Unknown

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Best Episodes Summary

"The Outlaw" is the best rated episode of "Have Gun, Will Travel". It scored 9/10 based on 292 votes. Directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and written by Sam Rolfe, it aired on 9/21/1957. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "The Hanging Cross".